Study of non-equilibrium electron avalanches, application to proportional counters

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

Volumn 538, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 672-685

  Mitev, K ^a,b   Segur P ^b   Alkaa, A ^b   Bordage, M C ^b   Furstoss, C ^b   Khamphan, C ^b   De Nardo, L ^c   Conte, V ^c   Colautti, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Gas multiplication; Monte Carlo simulation; Non equilibrium; Proportional counters; Quasi equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAIN MEASUREMENT; METHANE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROPANE;

EQUILIBRIUM; GAS MULTIPLICATION; NON-EQUILIBRIUM; PROPOTIONAL COUNTERS; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 15744390367     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.09.025     Document Type: Article

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