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BHABHA1 has recently shown, on theoretical grounds, that there probably exists a proton having a double charge. Such a particle might be expected to occur in the nuclear explosions produced by cosmic rays, and it has been suggested that the most likely way of detecting it would be by examining the tracks which are found in photographic plates exposed at a high altitude.
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TAYLOR, H., FRASER, D. & DABHOLKAR, V. The Possibility of Detecting a Doubly-Charged Proton by the Photographic Method. Nature 146, 777 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146777a0
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