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The Rossi transition curve describes the production, induced by cosmic rays, of secondary particles in a layer of material above the detectors. As the thickness of the layer increases secondary particles are created as a result of the interactions taking place in the material. However, further increase of the thickness produces a self-absorption of the secondary particles. Experiments aiming at observing such effect may also be designed with set of Geiger counters, as discussed in the present section.
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Rossi, B.: Über die Eigenschaften der durchdringenden Korpuskularstrahlung in Meeresniveau (On the properties of penetrating corpuscular radiation at sea level). Z. Phys. 82, 151 (1933)
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Riggi, F. (2024). Investigating the Rossi Transition Curve. In: Educational and Amateur Geiger Counter Experiments. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56960-9_55
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