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Some recent developments in nuclear charged particle detectors

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5010302
The latest developments of large-area, position sensitive gas-filled ionization chambers are described. Multi-wire-proportional chambers as position-sensing and parallel-plate-avalanche counters as time-sensing detectors at low pressure (5 torr) have proven to be useful and reliable instruments in heavy ion physics. Gas (proportional) scintillation counters, used mainly for x-ray spectroscopy, have recently been applied as particle detectors. Finally, a brief description of a large plastic scintillator spectrometer, the Plastic Ball, is given and some of the first test and calibration data are shown.
Research Organization:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung m.b.H., Darmstadt (Germany, F.R.); California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5010302
Report Number(s):
LBL-11366; CONF-800863-2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English