Abstract
Ranges of monochromatic muons in nuclear photoemulsion, produced in the π → µν µ decay, are measured by the coordinate method to determine their energy by the range. The variance of the muon energymeasured by this method σ µ = (0.11±0.01) MeV, which corresponds to the accuracy of the determination of the charged particle energy by the range in nuclear emulsion ≈3.1%. The developed technique will allow electron energy measurements in the 2β-decay (∼3 MeV)with an accuracy of (5–6)%.
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Original Russian Text © A.S. Barabash, V.Ya. Bradnova, V.V. Dubinina, N.P. Egorenkova, S.I. Konovalov, E.A. Pozharova, N.G. Polukhina, V.A. Smirnitskii, N.I. Starkov, Tan Nang So, M.M. Chernyavskii, T.V. Shchedrina, V.I. Yumatov, 2012, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2012, Vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 35–42.
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Barabash, A.S., Bradnova, V.Y., Dubinina, V.V. et al. Determination of the energy measurement accuracy for charged particles by their range in nuclear photoemulsion. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 39, 300–304 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335612100053
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