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Used cosmic-ray cloud-chamber tracks to identify light positively charged particles, now called positrons.
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1933 is the detailed paper retained here, following the 1932 announcement. The discovery is distinct from Dirac’s prior theoretical framework.
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Carl D. Anderson
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Anderson: evidence for the positive electron
Used cosmic-ray cloud-chamber tracks to identify light positively charged particles, now called positrons.
Scientific scope
1933 is the detailed paper retained here, following the 1932 announcement. The discovery is distinct from Dirac’s prior theoretical framework.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Carl D. Anderson
Full deposited paper byline or identified author of the scoped historical source. Association does not measure individual effort.