The response of ionization chambers to relativistic heavy nuclei
Abstract
The LBL Bevalac for the Heavy Nuclei Experiment on HEAO-3, compared the response of a set of laboratory ionization chambers to beams of 26Fe, 36Kr, 54Xe, 67 Ho, and 79Au nuclei at maximum energies ranging from 1666 MeV/amu for Fe to 1049 MeV/amu for Au. The response of these chambers shows a significant deviation from the expected energy dependence, but only a slight deviation from Z sq scaling.
- Publication:
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19th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC19), Volume 3
- Pub Date:
- August 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985ICRC....3..287N
- Keywords:
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- Energy Distribution;
- Energy Levels;
- Heavy Ions;
- Heavy Nuclei;
- Ionization Chambers;
- Nuclear Particles;
- Primary Cosmic Rays;
- Gold Isotopes;
- Holmium Isotopes;
- Iron Isotopes;
- Krypton Isotopes;
- Particle Trajectories;
- Xenon Isotopes;
- Space Radiation