Further studies of electron avalanche gain in liquid argon

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1073-1077

  Kim, J G ^a,b   Dardin, S M ^a   Kadel, R W ^a   Kadyk, J A ^a   Jackson, K H ^a   Peskov, V ^c   Wenzel, W A ^a   Joo, K S ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electron avalanche; Liquid argon; Liquid xenon

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RAYS; XENON;

ADMIXTURES;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 0042427341     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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