Optical time projection chamber for imaging of two-proton decay of Fe nucleus

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2895-2899

  Cwiok M ^a   Dominik, W ^a   Janas, Z ^a   Korgul, A ^a   Miernik, K ^a   Pfutzner M ^a   Sawicka, M ^a   Wasilewski, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gas detectors; Life time; Optical read out; TPC; Track imaging; Triethylamine

Indexed keywords

GAS DETECTORS; GROUND STATE; IONIZATION; TOPOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHARGE GAIN; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS (TPC); ULTRAVIOLET PHOTONS;

IRON;

EID: 33144460204     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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