Title :
Development of Proportional Counters Using Photosensitive Gases and Liquids
Author_Institution :
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Batavia, IL. 60510
Abstract :
An introduction to the history and to the principle of operation of wire chambers using photosensitive gases and liquids is presented. Their use as light sensors coupled to Gas Scintillation Proportional Counters and BaF2, as well as their use in Cherenkov Ring Imaging, is discussed in some detail.
Keywords :
Argon; Counting circuits; Electrons; Gases; History; Liquids; Radiation detectors; Solid scintillation detectors; Wire; Xenon;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1985.4336881
