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IN a previous letter [NATURE, Jan. 4, p. 30] we have reported briefly the result of experiments determining the mean cross-section for the recombination of the proton with a slow neutron to form a deuteron. As the continuation of it, we have recently measured the energy of a quantum of -rays accompanying the above process, by determining the maximum energy of the secondary electron by the usual method of coincidence of two counters. The result is shown in Fig. 1, together with the results of similar measurements on other -rays. The abscissa indicates the thickness of the aluminium absorber inserted between the two counters.
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KIKUCHI, S., AOKI, H. & HUSIMI, K. Energy of -Rays excited by Slow Neutrons. Nature 137, 186 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137186a0
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