Multi-wire proportional chambers with a central hole and high counting-rate capability
Abstract
A set of two multi-wire proportional chambers with a central hole has been designed and built in a KVI-IUCF collaboration. These chambers, used for detecting charged particles with atomic masses up to A=4 and energies up to 200 MeV, are highly efficient with efficiencies of 97-98% per plane at a count rate of 1 kHz per centimeter wire, dropping to 95-96% per plane at a count rate of 2 kHz/c wire.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- June 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00179-5
- Bibcode:
- 1999NIMPA.428..432V