Visual Sensations produced by Single Fast Particles

IT has long been known that the sensation of light (phosphene) can be produced by the effect of ionizing X-radiation on the retina 1–3 . The threshold dose for a phosphene falls with dark adaptation but always corresponds to the simultaneous arrival of many X-ray photons. Little attention has, howev...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1971-04, Vol.230 (5295), p.522-524
Main Authors: CHARMAN, W. N, DENNIS, J. A, FAZIO, G. G, JELLEY, J. V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dark Adaptation
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
letter
multidisciplinary
Neutrons
Radiation Effects
Retina - physiology
Retina - radiation effects
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Vision, Ocular - radiation effects
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Summary:IT has long been known that the sensation of light (phosphene) can be produced by the effect of ionizing X-radiation on the retina 1–3 . The threshold dose for a phosphene falls with dark adaptation but always corresponds to the simultaneous arrival of many X-ray photons. Little attention has, however, been paid to the question of whether single fast particles can produce phosphenes, with the exception of the pioneering attempts by D'Arcy and Porter 4 to detect single relativistic cosmic-ray muons.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/230522a0