Axil Axil wrote:
| A muon track could look like a proton track in a cloud chamber.
| How can you tell the difference?
One can tell the difference by observing the Track Density and Curvature in a
known, Large Magnetic Field, especially near the end of the track.
| We can use a magnetic field to see which way the particle bends,
| either positive for the proton or negative for the muon. I don't think
| that Piantelli has proved the the particle he is seeing is a proton. It
| could be any number of other subatomic particle types including mesons.
Basically a cloud chamber can directly detect [anti-]protons,
electrons/positrons, alpha particles, muons, and to a degree, mesons (i.e., any
particle that is “charged”). For example, mesons are normally detected in a
cloud chamber, by what happens when they penetrate thin Pb, Fe and Al Foils.
Sure, Piantelli could have made a mistake, but I find that difficult to
imagine. Of course he should supply further proof than just which way a cloud
chamber track bends, if that is indeed his only evidence.
- Mark Jurich
