The fundamental limitations of high-rate gaseous detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 321-325

  Fonte, P ^a   Peskov, V ^b   Ramsey, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; MICROGAP CHAMBERS; MICROMESH GAS STRUCTURE; MICROSTRIP GAS COUNTERS;

ALPHA PARTICLES; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0033321430     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.775537     Document Type: Article

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