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IT is known that a Geiger-Müller counter operated near a source of fast neutrons gives a rather large number of counts. Kikuchi, Aoki and Husimi1,2, working with a D-D source of neutrons, have postulated that these counts arise in part from a direct interaction of fast neutrons with electrons in the thin lead foil surrounding their counter. However, the recent discovery by Kallmann and Kuhn3 that gamma-rays are emitted in the D-D reaction seems to offer a simple and more satisfactory explanation for the phenomena observed by Kikuchi and co-workers. Confirmatory evidence is the discovery by Bonner4 of two groups of neutrons from the D-D reaction.
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SEABORG, G., GRAHAME, D. Neutron-Electron Interaction proposed by Kikuchi. Nature 141, 1053 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/1411053b0
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