Re: Cosmic ray muons

[BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@PITT.EDU>]

On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, john grant wrote:



> Is it necessary that ion pairs be formed?  I thought it is just a matter of an

> electron being knocked loose from an atom.



	--When an electron is knocked loose from an atom, an ion pair has

been formed, the electron with a - charge, and the residual atom with a

+ charge. They form an ion pair.



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