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Wire chamber, the Glossary

A wire chamber or multi-wire proportional chamber is a type of proportional counter that detects charged particles and photons and can give positional information on their trajectory, by tracking the trails of gaseous ionization.^[1]

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Astroparticle physics
Ionising radiation detectors

Anode

An anode is an electrode of a polarized electrical device through which conventional current enters the device.

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Argon

Argon is a chemical element; it has symbol Ar and atomic number 18.

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Bubble chamber

A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid (most often liquid hydrogen) used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it. Wire chamber and bubble chamber are particle detectors.

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Cathode

A cathode is the electrode from which a conventional current leaves a polarized electrical device.

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CERN

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (Conseil européen pour la Recherche nucléaire), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.

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Charged particle

In physics, a charged particle is a particle with an electric charge.

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Cloud chamber

A cloud chamber, also known as a Wilson cloud chamber, is a particle detector used for visualizing the passage of ionizing radiation. Wire chamber and cloud chamber are Ionising radiation detectors and particle detectors.

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Drift velocity

In physics, drift velocity is the average velocity attained by charged particles, such as electrons, in a material due to an electric field.

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Electronics

Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles.

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Freon

Freon is a registered trademark of the Chemours Company and generic descriptor for a number of halocarbon products.

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Gaseous ionization detector

Gaseous ionization detectors are radiation detection instruments used in particle physics to detect the presence of ionizing particles, and in radiation protection applications to measure ionizing radiation. Wire chamber and Gaseous ionization detector are Ionising radiation detectors and particle detectors.

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Geiger counter

A Geiger counter (also known as a Geiger–Müller counter or G-M counter) is an electronic instrument used for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation. Wire chamber and Geiger counter are Ionising radiation detectors, laboratory equipment and particle detectors.

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Georges Charpak

Georges Charpak (born Jerzy Charpak, (1 August 1924 – 29 September 2010) was a Polish-born French physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992.

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Isobutane

Isobutane, also known as i-butane, 2-methylpropane or methylpropane, is a chemical compound with molecular formula HC(CH3)3.

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Micropattern gaseous detector

Micropattern gaseous detectors (MPGDs) are a group of gaseous ionization detectors consisting of microelectronic structures with sub-millimeter distances between anode and cathode electrodes. Wire chamber and Micropattern gaseous detector are Ionising radiation detectors and particle detectors.

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Musée des Arts et Métiers

The Musée des Arts et Métiers (English: Museum of Arts and Crafts) is an industrial design museum in Paris that houses the collection of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions.

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Orthogonality

In mathematics, orthogonality is the generalization of the geometric notion of perpendicularity.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Particle detector

In experimental and applied particle physics, nuclear physics, and nuclear engineering, a particle detector, also known as a radiation detector, is a device used to detect, track, and/or identify ionizing particles, such as those produced by nuclear decay, cosmic radiation, or reactions in a particle accelerator. Wire chamber and particle detector are Ionising radiation detectors and particle detectors.

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Particle physics

Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation.

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Photograph

A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip.

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Photon

A photon is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.

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Proportional counter

The proportional counter is a type of gaseous ionization detector device used to measure particles of ionizing radiation. Wire chamber and proportional counter are Ionising radiation detectors and particle detectors.

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Spark chamber

A spark chamber is a particle detector: a device used in particle physics for detecting electrically charged particles. Wire chamber and spark chamber are particle detectors.

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Tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene

Tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE) is an organic compound with the formula, It is a colorless liquid.

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Tetramethylsilane

Tetramethylsilane (abbreviated as TMS) is the organosilicon compound with the formula Si(CH3)4.

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Time projection chamber

In physics, a time projection chamber (TPC) is a type of particle detector that uses a combination of electric fields and magnetic fields together with a sensitive volume of gas or liquid to perform a three-dimensional reconstruction of a particle trajectory or interaction. Wire chamber and time projection chamber are particle detectors.

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Townsend discharge

In electromagnetism, the Townsend discharge or Townsend avalanche is an ionisation process for gases where free electrons are accelerated by an electric field, collide with gas molecules, and consequently free additional electrons.

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University of Surrey

The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England.

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Xenon

Xenon is a chemical element; it has symbol Xe and atomic number 54.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_chamber

Also known as Drift chamber, Drift tube, Jet chamber, MWPC, Multi-Wire Proportional Counter, Multi-wire, Multi-wire chamber, Multi-wire proportional chamber, Multiwire, Multiwire Proportional Chamber, Multiwire chamber, Multiwire proportional chambers, Proportional Chamber, TPC (Time Projection Chamber), Wire Proportional Counter, Wire chambers.