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alpha-particle detector

alpha-particle detector

[′al·fə ′pärd·ə·kəl di‚tek·tər]
(nucleonics)
A device used to indicate the presence of alpha particles.
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This paper is based on the results obtained from the simultaneous measurements of alpha-activity of the [sup.239]Pu samples with the activity of 100-300 registered decay events per second using 9 different devices with semiconductor alpha-particle detectors constructed by one of the authors (I.
Synchronous measurements of alpha-decay of [sup.239]Pu carried out at north pole, antarctic, and in puschino confirm that the shapes of the respective histograms depend on the diurnal rotation of the earth and on the direction of the alpha-particle beam
There was also a discussion on the possibility of lost alpha-particle detectors, however, it was made clear that such measurements are technically very challenging as the detectors must be located in regions of high heat flux.
ITPA meeting on energetic particles
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