The Use of multiwire proportional counters in a cosmic ray air shower experiment

1993
9 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 325 (1993) 326-334

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We discuss the design and performance of multiwire proportional counters working as “proportional mode counters”. An array of 511 of these counters was used to record the densities of particles near to the core of PeV air showers.
  • cosmic radiation
  • showers: air
  • proportional chamber: wire
  • performance
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