A novel proportional counter made of a capillary plate

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1533-1538

  Tamura, T ^a   Sakurai, H ^a   Noma, M ^a   Gunji, S ^a   Ueno, H ^a   Tsukahara, M ^a   Hamano, M ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; GAIN MEASUREMENT; GASES; GLASS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; X RAYS;

CAPILLARY PLATE; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GLASS CAPILLARIES;

PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS;

EID: 0030167949     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.507098     Document Type: Article

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