Imaging gaseous detectors and their applications /

• Main Author: Nappi, Eugenio
• Other Authors: Peskov, Vladimir
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2013]
• Subjects: Nuclear counters.; Particles (Nuclear physics); SCIENCE > Physics > Nuclear.; Electronic books.

Describing advanced detectors and their visualization and investigation techniques, this book presents the major applications in nuclear and high-energy physics, astrophysics, medicine and radiation measurements.

Table of Contents:

• Basic Processes in Gaseous Detectors
• Traditional Position-Sensitive Gaseous Detectors and Their Historical Development: From the Geiger Counter to the Multi-wire Proportional Chamber (1905 till 1968)
• The Multi Wire Proportional Chamber Era
• More in Depth about Gaseous Detectors
• New Ideas on Gaseous Detectors Conceived during the Early Years of the 'Multi Wire Proportional Chambers' Era (1968-1977)
• Developments in MWPCs, PPACs, and RPCs after 1977
• Micropattern Gaseous Detectors
• Applications of Imaging Gaseous Detectors
• Conclusions.