Abstract:
A device for making visible and/or registering the flux density of gamma-quanta or the two-dimensional density distribution of beta-particles includes a gas and vapor-filled spark discharge chamber with a flat cathode, a flat, grid-form anode and a gridform auxiliary electrode arranged therein. The cathode is positioned parallel to and spaced from the anode and the auxiliary electrode is located therebetween. A high-voltage source is connected to the electrodes and an integrating recorder registers the pattern of the spark discharges between the auxiliary electrode and the anode such as caused by entering radiation. The auxiliary electrode is galvanically connected to the cathode and is spaced therefrom a distance such that the electron cloud which triggers the spark discharge is not attenuated by electron attachment in the space between cathode and auxiliary electrode.