Magnetostrictive and Piezoelectric Readout of Spark Chambers in Magnetic Fields

1 June 1966

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Vol. 13 (3) , 578-582
https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1966.4324144

Abstract

Some methods by which the applicability of the magnetostrictive delay line readout for wire spark chambers can be extended for use in magnetic field regions are described. For fields up to 20 kG iron-cobalt alloy wires with either a coil or a piezoelectric receive transducer can be used. A different method involving the generation of acoustic pulses in non ferromagnetic wires is described. With a piezoelectric receive transducer this delay line is essentially unaffected by magnetic fields.

Keywords

MAGNETOSTRICTION
SPARKS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
DELAY LINES
WIRES
ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS
PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS
IRON ALLOYS
COILS
PULSE GENERATION

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Magnetostrictive readout for “wire spark chambers”
Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 1965