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Origin of Cosmic Radiation

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THE frequency v of radiation can be deduced from its absorption μ by means of the well-known formula of Klein and Nishina,1 which can be put in the form µ=2πNe4/m2c4 f(hv/mc2).

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  1. NATURE, 122, p. 398, Sept. 15, 1928.

  2. NATURE, 127, p. 233, Feb. 14, 1931.

  3. Physical Review, Feb. 1931, p. 250.

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JEANS, J. Origin of Cosmic Radiation. Nature 127, 594 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127594a0

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