Performance of microgap gas chambers fabricated with selected anode metals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 1, 1997, Pages 747-751

  Cho, H S ^a,b   Hong, W S ^c   Palaio, N ^c   Kadyk, J ^b   Luk, K B ^a,b   Perez Mendez, V ^b   Burks, M ^d   Retiere, F ^d   Joo, K S ^b   Vujio, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Physics Division   (United States)

^c Ernest Orlando Lawrence BNL   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0042800544     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.603744     Document Type: Article

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