the tools used to detect (and sometimes) characterize ionizing radiation. This tag is appropriate for question about the characteristics and behavior of all such devices from the simplest Geiger-Muller tube, to the compound monsters used by high-energy experiments to the mega-ton instrumented volume ...
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Micro channel plate detectors to detect neutral particles
Micro channel plate (MCP) detectors are used to detect photons, electrons or charged particles. But, how MCPs can be used to detect neutral particles? In ion traps, the neutral molecules (after ...
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Proton flux model or data at energy range up to 100 keV
I am looking for a model or at best the database of proton fluxes (solar p+) at a energy range of some eV up to 100 keV. I have already found the SOHO database:
http://umtof.umd.edu/pm/
But the ...
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How do I calculate the Radiation length of a Molecule
I want to calculate the Radiation length in a Molecule with the Formula given on wikipedia. How do I calculate Z and A for a molecule to put it into the Formula?
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X is for tracking like Wigmans is for calorimetry
The book "Calorimetry" by Richard Wigmans (http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198502968.do#.UZYT5hV2MvQ) is considered the authoritative source on this topic. Is there a corresponding publication ...
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The things to consider when choosing a mesh for an electron detector (MCP detector)
I am designing a electron velocity map imaging setup. I need a copper mesh just infront of the detector to accelerate the electrons towards the MCP detector. I am doing the instrument design for the ...
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What is causing the CR39 particle tracks in SPAWAR cell?
At between 28 and 30 minutes into this video presentation the SPAWAR group describes an experiment where a CR39 detector is placed outside a codeposition Pd/d cell.
They saw a large number of ...
