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EVIDENCE for the transformation of mesotrons into electrons was recently reported in these columns1. This was obtained by the use of the cloud chamber, and consisted in the observation of a fast electron track emanating from the end of the track of a mesotron. What appears to be another instance of this phenomenon was recently observed in this laboratory, though on account of the tracks being rather old and accompanied by other old tracks the photograph is not as good as the earlier one. Apart from a further indication of the frequency of occurrence of the phenomenon, it does not give any new information.
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WILLIAMS, E., EVANS, G. Transformation of Mesotrons into Electrons. Nature 145, 818–819 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145818a0
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