Resolution in a neon--helium streamer chamber

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1974 · Nucl. Instrum. Methods, v. 115, no. 1, pp. 121-123

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-554X(74)90436-4· OSTI ID:4369071

Lightfoot, J A; Breare, J M

The most probable length of streamers which form along the track of an ionizing particle in a streamer chamber is shown to vary with the pulse delay in a way which can be predicted by theory. The precision of length measurements are such that the arrival time of particles in the chamber may be resolved to better than 5 mu s in the range 0 to 20 mu s. Measurements of these lengths have also been used to determine the streamer extension velocity which, for a streamer 0 74 cm long, is found to be (3.2 plus or minus 0.7) x 10/sup 8/ cm/s. (auth)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Durham, Eng.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-29-018500
• OSTI ID: 4369071
• Journal Information: Nucl. Instrum. Methods, v. 115, no. 1, pp. 121-123, Journal Name: Nucl. Instrum. Methods, v. 115, no. 1, pp. 121-123; ISSN NUIMA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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