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Die Übersicht gibt den Stand unserer Kenntnis der verschiedenen Mesonarten bis Ende des Jahres 1950 wieder. Die frühe Geschichte des Mesonproblems ist summarisch zusammengefaßt und die Entdeckung desπ- undμ-Mesons beschrieben worden. Die verschiedenen Methoden der Massenbestimmung dieser Teilchen sind kurz erwähnt, gefolgt von einer Beschreibung ihrer Eigenschaften und unserer gegenwärtigen Kenntnis von den Prozessen, die zur Entstehung derπ-Mesonen führen. Die neueren Beobachtungen, die auf die Existenz von neutralen und schwereren alsπ-Mesonen deuten, sind diskutiert. Der Aufsatz schließt mit einem allgemeinen Überblick über die Mesonenerzeugungsprozesse in der Höhenstrahlung und über Probleme, deren Lösung noch aussteht.

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Lock, W.O., Muirhead, H. Mesons. Experientia 7, 321–336 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02166392

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