A cylindrical cathode-coaxial anode proportional counter, designed for an undergraduate laboratory, is described. A collimated beam of α particles can be directed into the counter at any point along a narrow longitudinal window in the cathode wall and used to examine the electric field surrounding the anode structure at any point along its length. The anode wire has an enlarged section at one end and is surrounded at the other by an independently biased coaxial auxiliary electrode. The effectiveness of these two geometrical methods for controlling the production of secondary ionization can be studied, as can the effects of varying gas composition, pressure, and operating voltage. A variable output-2000-v power supply, pulse amplifying and counting equipment, a cathode ray oscilloscope, and a small mechanical vacuum pump are also needed for these experiments. Detailed information on construction of the counter and gas handling system is given.
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January 01 1962
Apparatus Drawings Project. Report Number 22. Proportional Counter: Developed for the Modern Physics Laboratory of the School of Physics at the University of Minnesota
Robert G. Marcley
Robert G. Marcley
American Institute of Physics, New York, New York
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Am. J. Phys. 30, 60–66 (1962)
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August 03 1961
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Robert G. Marcley; Apparatus Drawings Project. Report Number 22. Proportional Counter: Developed for the Modern Physics Laboratory of the School of Physics at the University of Minnesota. Am. J. Phys. 1 January 1962; 30 (1): 60–66. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1941899
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