Effect of self-induced space charge in a high pressure position-sensitive proportional counter

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 738-744

  Ito, Shin ^a   Tosaki, Mitsuo ^a   Maeda, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0043130993     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(95)00626-5     Document Type: Article

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6. X of ∼114 primary electrons, in total, are localized within ∼60 μm around the point X.
7. P) primary electrons may play an important role in the avalanche growth. We ignore this case because of isotropic emission of K X-rays and thus of a small contribution to the total halo events.