• DocumentCode
    908644
  • Title

    Charge Division Using Carbon Filaments for Obtaining Coordinate Information from Detection of Single Electrons

  • Author

    Bird, F. ; Shapiro, S. ; Ashford, V. ; McShurley, D. ; Reif, R. ; Leith, D.W.G.S. ; Williams, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    261
  • Lastpage
    266
  • Abstract
    Seven micron diameter Carbon filaments forming the anode of a multiwire proportional chamber have been used to detect single electrons. Charge division techniques applied to the 5 cm long wire resulted in a position resolution of ¿/L <2% for a collected signal charge of 30 fC.
  • Keywords
    Birds; Cathodes; Detectors; Electrons; Energy resolution; Length measurement; Linear accelerators; Superluminescent diodes; Wire; Zirconium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1986.4337096
  • Filename
    4337096
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=908644