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IT seems quite certain that it is not possible to explain all the effects of cosmic rays by means of a single corpuscular component. On the other hand, the results of the direct measurements of the energy of the rays, by their curvature in a magnetic field, are difficult to reconcile with the existence of any simple relation between their energy and penetrating power. I want, therefore, to suggest a dualistic theory of the cosmic rays, based on the existence of two primary components, both of great energy, but which are absorbed very differently by matter1.
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P. Auger, C.R., 200, 739; 1935.
P. Auger, A. Rosenberg and F. Bertein, C.R., 200, 1027; 1935.
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AUGER, P. Nature of Cosmic Rays. Nature 135, 820–821 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135820b0
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