Wire spark chambers

JUL 01, 1967

As small, fast computers have become available for on‐line analysis, wire spark chambers have become more and more important in high‐energy physics. These devices provide rapid data recording, readout, analysis and display.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3034399

Winslow Baker

THE WIRE SPARK CHAMBER is emerging as one of the dominant instruments for high‐energy research. Usually a part of a larger system involving other particle detectors and computers, it is relatively inexpensive and can be easily replaced or exchanged in an experiment. The high rate at which it collects data permits the simultaneous study of several different reactions of similar topology. It is also being introduced into other fields where it is necessary to measure the trajectory of a charged particle quickly and accurately.

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Winslow Baker. CERN, Geneva.