• DocumentCode
    848040
  • Title

    Developments of the Multistep Avalanche Chamber and Applications to the Detection of Far Ultraviolet Photons

  • Author

    Melchart, G. ; Charpak, G. ; Sauli, F.

  • Author_Institution
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    124
  • Lastpage
    132
  • Abstract
    Recent experimental work on the multi-step avalanche chamber is reviewed, together with the first results of application of the device in the imaging of far ultraviolet Cerenkov photons emitted by fast particles.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Charge transfer; Electrodes; Electrons; Gases; Image intensifiers; Ionization; Measurement standards; Sparks; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1980.4330815
  • Filename
    4330815