A fast multiwire proportional chamber for X-ray spectroscopy
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 20 (10) , 1258-1261
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/20/10/023
Abstract
A proportional chamber (MWPC) with 96 channels-each supported by a separate electronic readout-and 1 mm wire spacing is described. Construction features, chamber tests and performance data of a MWPC used with a Johann spectrometer on a tokamak are presented.Keywords
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