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THE main source of secondary electrons produced by mesons at sea-level is the close ionizing collision in which considerable kinetic energy is transferred to the electron concerned, and from which a small cascade develops.
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BASSI, P., LORIA, A. Showers Generated in Lead by Mesons. Nature 163, 400–401 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163400b0
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