Experimental determination of ionization cluster size distributions in counting gases
Experimental determination of ionization cluster size distributions in counting gases
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计数气体中电离簇尺寸分布的实验测定
DOI:
10.1016/0168-9002(91)90460-8
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Bernhard Schmidt
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作者:
H. Fischle;J. Heintze;Bernhard Schmidt
The distribution of the number of electrons contained in the ionization clusters formed along the track of minimum ionizing particles has been determined experimentally. Results are presented for argon, helium, methane, ethane, propane, isobutane and carbon dioxide, i.e., for gases which are commonly used as counting gases in drift chambers. The probabilitiesw(n) for the formation of a cluster containingnelectrons were found to be monotonically decreasing for increasingn. Typical values forw(1) are 0.66 (Ar), 0.77 (He), and 0.79 (CH4). The results are compared with model predictions.