CXXVI. Associated penetrating particles of cosmic rays underground

Braddick, H. J. J.; Nash, W. F.; Wolfendale, A. W.

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“…Arnold joined the group of H. J. J. Braddick, an outstanding experimentalist who had designed bomb-sights during World War II. Muons can penetrate to considerable depths underground, and Arnold's first paper (1) 2 , with Braddick and W. F. Nash, who was to become a close friend, was a study of muons at a depth of 13 m in a Cheshire tunnel. For this work Arnold built a deep cloud-chamber, introducing a novel back-illumination technique.…”

Section: Early Research: Studies Of Muonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale. 25 June 1927—21 December 2020

Ellis

Watson

2021

Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc.

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For over 50 years Arnold Wolfendale was an international leader in the fields of cosmic ray and gamma ray astronomy, making many seminal contributions. His extensive studies of the muon particle culminated in 1965 when, using an installation in the Kolar Gold Mine in India, he played a major role in the first detection of the neutrinos associated with muons produced in the atmosphere. His interests in the origin of high-energy cosmic rays were extensive and required the development of a better understanding of particle physics at energies beyond those accessible at accelerators. Recognizing that high-energy gamma rays can arise from cosmic ray interactions with the interstellar gas, he used early satellite data to argue for the galactic origin of intermediate-energy cosmic rays and for studies of the distribution of molecular hydrogen. His interests in astronomy, which he firmly held to be a branch of physics, drove him to develop a world-class activity in this area at Durham University. This achievement, in part, led to him being appointed Astronomer Royal in 1991. He used this position, and his roles as president of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Institute of Physics and the European Physical Society, to lobby tirelessly for more governmental support for science. He was an early advocate for improvements in the public understanding of science, leading by example. In his later years Arnold's interests extended to cosmology and horology, and he argued against a possible connection between cosmic rays and global warming. A brilliant communicator, Arnold gave a huge number of lectures each year to general audiences, almost to the end of his life.

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Section: Early Research: Studies Of Muonsmentioning

confidence: 99%