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Cosmic Radiation and Radioactive Disintegration

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A THEORY of radioactivity has been proposed by Perrin, who suggested that the disintegration of the radioactive elements may be due to their absorption of cosmic radiations. Former efforts to verify this theory have resulted in unsuccessful attempts to alter the rate of disintegration by subjecting radio-elements to intense gamma radiation and also by shielding them from external radiations.

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MAXWELL, L. Cosmic Radiation and Radioactive Disintegration. Nature 122, 997 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122997b0

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