The preparation of large nuclear emulsion detectors and their application to the study of K-mesons and hyperons

Abstract

A method is described for constructing out of individual sheets of nuclear emulsion a detector of large volume and stopping power which can be used for observing entire chains of successive nuclear interaction and decay processes initiated by high energy particles. Such a detector which had been exposed for several hours in the stratosphere has proved particularly valuable for detecting K-mesons and Hypersons and for studying their modes of production and decay.