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ON THE OPERATION OF GEIGER COUNTERS WITH REVERSED POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION.
R.C. Sastri, S.D. Chatterjee
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Abstract
An uccouut of tho studios on the operation of Geiger counters with reversed potential distribution and the effect of heating the axial wire is given.Using a typical set of self-quenching, non-solfquenching and low voltage counters, variations of tho parameters like 'pulse-size', 'plateau', 'dead-time' and 'rise-time' associated with countc^rs under different modes of operation are presented.The discharge mechanism of self-quenching counters operated with potentials reversed is discussed in some detail.It is suggested that a radial spread of discharge takes place in the reversed operation of the counter instead of a lengthwise spread associated with normal counters.
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