Particle tracks are sequences of adjacent position measurements caused by sub-atomic particles. As quantum phenomena to which the particle picture applies (Franck-Hertz experiment), they constitute the empirical basis of particle physics. The dynamic properties of the underlying particles are measured by means of a semi-classical measurement theory. The generation of particle tracks, however , is explained in the wave picture by the quantum mechanics of scattering.
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Falkenburg, B. (2009). Particle Tracks. In Compendium of Quantum Physics (pp. 460–465). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7_138
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