• DocumentCode
    788701
  • Title

    Non-Magnetic Digitized Readouts for Spark Chambers

  • Author

    Droege, Thomas F. ; Perez-Mendez, Victor ; Stoker, Gerald

  • Author_Institution
    Princeton-Pennsylvania Accelerator Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1968
  • fDate
    6/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    594
  • Lastpage
    600
  • Abstract
    Magnetostrictive spark chambers are operated with difficulty in magnetic fields. By inducing secondary sparks to a pickup wire, signals can be generated which are similar to those from a magnetostrictive chamber but which are unaffected by magnetic fields. Piezoelectric pickup transducers complete a field insensitive digital spark chamber system.
  • Keywords
    Coils; Low voltage; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic shielding; Magnetostriction; Signal generators; Sparks; Testing; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1968.4324989
  • Filename
    4324989