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IT has long been known that the sensation of light (phosphene) can be produced by the effect of ionizing X-radiation on the retina1–3. The threshold dose for a phosphene falls with dark adaptation but always corresponds to the simultaneous arrival of many X-ray photons. Little attention has, however, been paid to the question of whether single fast particles can produce phosphenes, with the exception of the pioneering attempts by D'Arcy and Porter4 to detect single relativistic cosmic-ray muons.
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CHARMAN, W., DENNIS, J., FAZIO, G. et al. Visual Sensations produced by Single Fast Particles. Nature 230, 522–524 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230522a0
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