Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acronyms
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Electromagnetic interactions of charged particles with matter
- 3 Interaction of photons and neutrons with matter
- 4 Drift and diffusion of charges in gases
- 5 Collisional excitations and charge multiplication in uniform fields
- 6 Grand unification
- 7 Proportional counters
- 8 Multi–wire proportional chambers
- 9 Drift chambers
- 10 Time projection chambers
- 11 Multi–tube arrays
- 12 Resistive plate chambers
- 13 Micro–pattern gaseous detectors
- 14 Cherenkov ring imaging
- 15 Miscellaneous detectors and applications
- 16 Time degeneracy and ageing
- Further reading on radiation detectors
- References
- Index
7 - Proportional counters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acronyms
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Electromagnetic interactions of charged particles with matter
- 3 Interaction of photons and neutrons with matter
- 4 Drift and diffusion of charges in gases
- 5 Collisional excitations and charge multiplication in uniform fields
- 6 Grand unification
- 7 Proportional counters
- 8 Multi–wire proportional chambers
- 9 Drift chambers
- 10 Time projection chambers
- 11 Multi–tube arrays
- 12 Resistive plate chambers
- 13 Micro–pattern gaseous detectors
- 14 Cherenkov ring imaging
- 15 Miscellaneous detectors and applications
- 16 Time degeneracy and ageing
- Further reading on radiation detectors
- References
- Index
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- Gaseous Radiation DetectorsFundamentals and Applications, pp. 182 - 210Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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