Charge division using carbon filaments for obtaining coordinate information from detection of single electrons

Conference · Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6344517

Bird, F; Shapiro, S; Ashford, V; McShurley, D; Reif, R; Lirth, D W.G.S.; Williams, S

Seven micron diameter Carbon filaments forming the anode of a multiwire proportional chamber have been used to detect single electrons. Charge division techniques applied to the 5 cm long wire resulted in a position resolution of sigma/L < 2% for a collected signal charge of 30 fC.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 6344517
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-3790; CONF-851009-17; ON: DE86002942
• Resource Relation: Conference: IEEE nuclear science symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23 Oct 1985; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ELECTRON DETECTION
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
FILAMENTS
CARBON
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
DETECTION
ELEMENTS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NONMETALS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESOLUTION
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