Abstract
A method of charge determination for relativistic heavy nuclei of cosmic radiation has been developed by measuring the mean gap length and the probability of development of a grain on tracks in nuclear emulsions. A theoretical relation between the probability of development (π) and the charge (Z) of a particle is formulated and an experimental verification has been made with well-identified charges in the interval 2≤Z≤10. The results have been utilized to determine the heavy charges of relativistic particles and on the basis of frequency distribution of various parameters it has been shown that an improvement in the charge resolution of the cosmic-ray primary spectrum can be obtained by using the parameter π, the probability of development of a grain.
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