Detection of low energy positive ions by scintillation methods

Author

Graydon J. Hanson

Abstract

"This thesis deals with the feasibility of efficiently detecting low energy positive ions, those with energies of less than several hundred electron volts, using phosphors.

The scintillation technique, first used visually and greatly improved in the last ten years by the use of a photomultiplier tube, has greatly advanced detection in high energy fields. The photomultiplier is capable of delivering milliampere pulses of current of short duration and these can be registered directly by the many electronic devices currently in use.

Extensive work has been done with phosphors which scintillate under which energy bombardment, due in part to their wide use in the television industry, but very little is known of their use for the detection of low energy positive ions"--Introduction, page1.

Advisor(s)

Schoen, Richard I.

Department(s)

Physics

Degree Name

M.S. in Physics

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1957

Pagination

vi, 92 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-91).

Rights

© 1957 Graydon J. Hanson, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Scintillation spectrometryIonization of gasesPhosphors

Thesis Number

T 1152

Print OCLC #

5923470

Electronic OCLC #

917505332

Recommended Citation

Hanson, Graydon J., "Detection of low energy positive ions by scintillation methods" (1957). Masters Theses. 2560.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2560