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UP to the present time the view that the penetrating radiation consists of short gamma rays has been prevalent chiefly because the large penetrating power which these rays possess is associated with radiation of gamma ray type. Our recent experiments, however, indicate that this radiation is of corpuscular nature.
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BOTHE, W., KOLHÖRSTER, W. The Nature of the Penetrating Radiation. Nature 123, 638 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123638a0
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