light-sensitive detector
light-sensitive detector
[′līt ¦sen·səd·iv di′tek·tər] McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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In general, the system operates like a pinhole camera: gamma rays pass like sunlight through a small aperture onto a
light-sensitive detector (film emulsion).
Because the charged particles move faster through ice than a photon can, they create tiny flashes of radiation, which
light-sensitive detectors called digital optical modules (DOMs) register.
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