The Characteristics of Tracks in Nuclear Research Emulsions

Abstract

Formulae are derived giving the dependence of the blob, grain, and gap densities, the total gap length, and the mean gap width in the tracks of charged particles as function of the probability of making a silver halide crystal developable. The growth of the grains during the development process is taken into account. The expressions found are suitable for use in discussions of the effects of changes in emulsion properties, and they show clearly the differences between the various methods of determining the rate of energy loss from the track characteristics. There is good agreement with experiment for both G5 and C2 emulsion.