公开(公告)号：US3601612A

公开(公告)日：1971-08-24

申请号：US3601612D

申请日：1969-08-22

Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

Inventor： PEREZ-MENDEZ VICTOR

IPC: H01J47/10 ,  G01T5/00

CPC classification number: H01J47/10

Abstract: A wire spark chamber having magnetostrictive readout. One embodiment thereof is for particular use with low energy gamma rays, X-rays, or neutral particles whose presence is detected by secondary particles produced in converters placed in or around the wire planes of the chamber. Another embodiment has a very large and uniformly sensitive detecting area by means of auxiliary conducting planes which serve to charge the chamber capacity with a low impedance transmission-line characteristic. The embodiment for use with low energy gamma, X-ray or neutral particles has utilization in the field of medical diagnostics while the large chamber embodiment provides the capability of detecting multiple tracks with uniform high efficiency, thus fulfilling a long looked for need in the field of wire spark chambers.