Word: bhabha
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week it appeared in the British journal Nature that H. J. Bhabha of Copenhagen's Institute of Theoretical Physics, using the results of Italian cosmic raymen, had spotted what might be negative protons in primary rays from far beyond the Milky Way. When the recorders were tilted 30° westward from the vertical, the number of incoming rays was appreciably diminished. This indicated the presence of negative particles, slanted in the other direction by Earth's magnetic field. These bullets were so powerful that 16 cm. of lead slowed them hardly more than 4 cm. It followed...