A hot ribbon detector for metastable atoms
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 15 (5) , 511-513
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/15/5/008
Abstract
A simple metastable atom detector is described consisting of a channel electron multiplier and a heated ribbon detection surface. The use of the heated surface extends the range of detection of the electron multiplier down to metastable excitation energies of approximately 4 eV. A metastable excitation function in mercury obtained using the detector is presented. The usefulness of the device for the detection of photons and positive ions is also shown.Keywords
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