Published April 3, 1986
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Journal article
Fossil tracks of α-particle interactions in minerals
Description
The authors have discovered a third type of natural track caused by nuclear interactions of α particles from radioactive impurities with nuclei in mica. These 'α-interaction tracks', with length intermediate between fission tracks and α-recoil tracks, provide a measure of mild thermal events and are valuable in simulating the appearance and stability of tracks of hypothetical monopole-nucleus bound pairs. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nature (London)
- Journal Volume
- 320
- Journal Issue
- 6061
- Series
- Nature (London).
- Journal Page Range
- 425-427
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- CODEN
- NATUA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 17049599
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S58: GEOSCIENCES; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA PARTICLES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTERFERING ELEMENTS; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; MICA; MINERALS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PARTICLE TRACKS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; DATA; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HELIUM IONS; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IONS; MONOPOLES; NUMERICAL DATA; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; SILICATE MINERALS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Grant PHY-8403710