KELLOOGs
(continued)
in which we are interested, in the vicinity of the tropopause,
is about one ion pair per cubic centimeter per second.
Is this
right—te those waco aight be sore faniliar with comic rays?
I
worked baciward, uging the recoubination coefficient and tus
auaber of atmospheric ions, and caze to the conclusion that it
would be avout one per cuble contineter per second froa cosaic
rays at around %) kilesacters....What's that?
BETHE:
That. svands rather low.
KELLOGGs
low?
HOLZER «
Yea,
I
think
it
ia
low,
wii.
Well, the nazber that was sentlioned was a thousand atmospheric
dens per aubic centineter.
WYCKORF(?)s
The mobility 4a very higt up there, you know.
KELLOOO:
Fell, just taking the number of ion paire—this number was
mentioned—end if one uses the usual 10° for a reconbination
coefficient of atacepheric ions, then ons concludes that
1,009 ton paira per cubic cantineter and this rate ef recosbination would be equilitrius for one ion paly produced per cabic
eentineter per second,
I think that we could raise this by a facter ef 10 easily.
le it a facter of more than 107?
Well anyway, the number of
ion pairs formed by atomic cloud 20 KT, and roughly the sise
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