Fast Read-Out Chronotron System
A new electronic read-out system has been devised which enables one to obtain a fast answer from a chronotron to be used with accelerator beams of particles. It allows for an analysis of time delay with variable and continuous time intervals. The timing is pulse-height independent with an accuracy increasing for large pulses. The recovery time is in the range of one microsecond. With delay-line clipped coincidence pulses from two photomultipliers being fed into a 12-channel chronotron with a 30-mμsec range, a time resolution with half-width at half maximum of 1.2 mμsec was readily obtained. Using only 4 channels, with a range of 10 mμsec, a half-width at half maximum of 6×10-10 sec was observed. A simplified version with only three channels has made a useful fast coincidence circuit.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-003775
- OSTI ID:
- 4340799
- Journal Information:
- Rev. Sci. Instr., Journal Name: Rev. Sci. Instr. Vol. Vol: 28
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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