Statistical review of the insulation capacity of the Geiger-Muller counter
This work considers the manifestation of spontaneous breakdowns of Geiger-Mueller counters. This is an experimental type of work. The reasons leading to the spontaneous breakdowns of Geiger-Mueller counters have been analysed under controlled laboratory conditions. The experiments were carried out u...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1451-3994/2018/1451-39941800009O.pdf |
| Summary: | This work considers the manifestation of spontaneous breakdowns of Geiger-Mueller counters. This is an experimental type of work. The reasons leading to the spontaneous breakdowns of Geiger-Mueller counters have been analysed under controlled laboratory conditions. The experiments were carried out under the “constant voltage”. The tested Geiger-Mueller chambers were commercial chambers of the radial electric field and homogenous electric field. The experimental-statistical methods were used in order to choose the chambers with identical features (with 0.1 % of statistical reliability).The results of experiments showed that the spontaneous breakdown of the Geiger-Mueller counter happens even in the conditions of shielding. They also showed that those breakdowns have cumulative features. The reason for that is a positive feedback between the spontaneous breakdowns. The explanation is confirmed and quantified by the working gas filtering experiments. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 171007] |
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| ISSN: | 1451-3994 1452-8185 |