PIRA 7D30.00 PARTICLE DETECTORS

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
7D30.00Particle Detectors
7D30.05Ludlum DetectorsPIRA 1000
7D30.05Ludlum Detectors7D30.15Ludlum hand held alpha, beta, and gamma detectors are used with a variety of sources.
7D30.05survey metersA-18bAlpha, beta, and gamma survey meter and slow neutron monitor.
7D30.06GM tube to Apple circuitAJP 57(11),1051A simple complete circuit for biasing a GM tube, pulse shaping, and interfacing to an Apple computer.
7D30.08Poisson destribution of countsAJP 46(2),191An electronic circuit provides output pulses when the time interval between pulses is of the preset value. Show the difference between inputs from a scintillation detector and Geiger counter.
7D30.10nixie Geiger counterPIRA 1000
7D30.10nixie geiger counter7D30.10A Geiger tube in a lead brick is used with a nixie tube counter.
7D30.10geiger counterMPa-2A Geiger tube in a lead block is attached to a nixie tube counter.
7D30.11Geiger-Muller tubeA-118Make a simple tube with a wire down the middle at low pressure. Includes circuits for counters.
7D30.12Geiger point counterA-119A Geiger point counter made with an ordinary steel phonograph needle.
7D30.13water-jet counterA-120A fine water jet impinging on a rubber diaphragm is controlled by a metal electrode.
7D30.14ionizaton avalanche model41-3.7Rows of balls held on an inclined plank at intervals by wires from an avalanche starting with one ball as more balls are knocked out in each interval.
7D30.15thermal neutron detectorPIRA 1000
7D30.15thermal neutron detector41-2.10A UO2 detector for fission produced thermal neutrons.
7D30.16neutron howitzerAJP 34(12),1182A 55 gal drum filled with paraffin.
7D30.16neutron howitzerA-18aA 2 curie neutron source is used with a BF3 detector.
7D30.20alpha detectorPIRA 500
7D30.20alpha detector7D30.20The Cenco alpha detector with a high voltage bias between a plate and a wire grid.
7D30.20Cenco alpha detector reviewAJP 30(2),140Long review of the Cenco alpha counter originally developed by Harold Waage.
7D30.20grid alpha detector41-3.8A grid over a plate is biased just below sparking and an alpha source is brought near. Cenco photo.
7D30.21simple alpha detectorAJP 53(12),1212Directions on making a simple homemade single wire spark counter.
7D30.22Si photodiode alpha detectorAJP 51(5),452Use a Si photodiode as a alpha detector. A charge sensitive preamp design is included.
7D30.25spark chamberPIRA 1000
7D30.25spark chambersAJP 35(7),582Plans for two types of spark chambers: multiplate and "curtain discharge".
7D30.25spark chamberAJP 31(8),571Construction details, driver and power supply circuits for a small spark chamber.
7D30.25spark chamber41-3.9A small spark chamber is shown. Pictures, Construction details in appendix, p.1390, Reference: AJP 31(8),571.
7D30.28ionization chamberAJP 28(2),163A simple parallel plate ionization chamber built in an aluminum roasting chamber with a sensitive volume of 75 cubic inches.
7D30.30magnetic deflection of beta rays41-1.8A magnet is used to bend electrons from a beta source past a shield to a detector.
7D30.31beta spectrometer41-1.9A qualitative beta spectrometer for use as a lecture demonstration. Pictures, Diagrams, Construction details in appendix, p. 1370.
7D30.32demonstration beta spectrometerAJP 28(2),164A small beta spectrometer with a 4" face.
7D30.40film detectionA-15aSeveral samples are placed on a large sheet of film overnight and the film is developed the next day showing which are radioactive.
7D30.41film detectionTPT 3(3),125On using Polaroid land sheet film packets as a detector for radiation experiments and demonstrations.
7D30.50Wilson cloud chamberPIRA 500
7D30.50Wilson cloud chamberHl-12Squeeze the rubber bulb of the Wilson cloud chamber and watch tracks from an alpha source.
7D30.50Wilson cloud chamberA-116The Knipp type chamber with a rubber bulb and alpha source.
7D30.51Wilson cloud chamberA-117An expansion cloud chamber mounted in a lantern projector.
7D30.55cycling Wilson cloud chamber41-3.6An automatically cycling Wilson cloud chamber. Pictures, Construction details in appendix, p.1382, Reference: AJP 18(3),149.
7D30.60diffusion cloud chambersPIRA 200Dry ice diffusion cloud chambers.
7D30.60diffusion cloud chamber7D30.60
7D30.60cloud chamber accessoriesAJP 35(5),ixDrawings of a lamp housing and chamber housing.
7D30.60small cloud chamberAJP 54(5),473A 10x10x10 cm plexiglass cube cloud chamber suitable for TV projection.
7D30.60small cloud chamberTPT 1(2),80A transparent plastic refrigerator jar on a cake of dry ice serves as a small continuous cloud chamber.
7D30.60simple diffusion cloud chamberTPT 3(6),284Using cheap parts to make a dry ice cloud chamber.
7D30.60diffusion cloud chamberHl-13A large chamber supersaturated with alcohol vapor is cooled with an alcohol/dry ice bath at the bottom.
7D30.60large cloud chamber41-3.5A large alcohol/dry ice cloud chamber is shown. Pictures.
7D30.60continuous cloud chamber41-3.2Alcohol in a jar placed on dry ice makes a cheap cloud chamber.
7D30.60cloud chambersA-15bDry ice diffusion cloud chambers.
7D30.62cloud chamber41-3.4A fancier dry ice and alcohol cloud chamber.
7D30.63LN2 cooled diffusion cloud chamberAJP 59(3),285The design of a LN2 cooled diffusion cloud chamber with increased sensitivity and quick startup.
7D30.64cloud chamber - vacuum jacketAJP 29(2),99Design for a vacuum jacket that increases the sensitive area of the chamber.
7D30.65glycol cloud chamber41-3.3A glycol cloud chamber is heated at the top and cooled with running water at the bottom.
7D30.68photographing tracksAJP 30(8),602Black dye (Nigrosin) in methanol provides a dark nonreflective background, other hints.
7D30.69cloud chamber principles41-3.1Place a spark gap in the steam coming from a teakettle.
7D30.70model cyclotronAJP 35(11),ixA conical pendulum is accelerated by periodic electrical forces four times per revolution to model the motion of a charged particle in an isochronous cyclotron with four 90 degree Dees.
7D30.70model cyclotronAJP 42(2),106A Ball is gravitationally accelerated along a spiral grove in an apparatus designed to demonstrate the principles of acceleration and phase stability in a cyclotron.
7D30.70model cyclotron31-1.15
7D30.70model cyclotron31-1.14
7D30.71linear accelerator - sand modelAJP 40(5),761A Wimshurst charges a model linear accelerator that shoots sand out one end.
7D30.75particle focusing in accelerator31-1.16Inverted pendulum model of focusing in a particle accelerator.
7D30.78model synchrotronAJP 43(4),293A steel ball bounces on an oscillating piston with concave surface to provide focusing. At constant amplitude, the ball bounces lower when the period is decreased.
7D30.80bubble chamber photographsPIRA 500
7D30.80bubble chamber photographsAJP 35(6),xWelch. Two slide sets taken at the 20" in chamber at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
7D30.80bubble chamber photographsAJP 34(10),1005Pictures and analysis of bubble chamber pictures.
7D30.80bubble chamber tracks41-2.9Determination of the rest mass of a hyperon particle from bubble chamber pictures. Pictures.
7D30.90mass spectrometerAJP 28(5),418Apparatus Drawings Project No. 7: A mass spectrometer for undergraduate lab with a resolving power of 75.
7D30.90mass spectrometerAJP 28(4),380Apparatus Drawings Project No. 5: Small Mass Spectrometer. Construction plans for a small radius 180 degree mass spectrometer with a salt coated tungsten filament, 1K gauss, 100V, resolving power 33.
7D30.91model linear acceleratorAJP 43(3),277A ping pong ball is accelerated in a Plexiglas tube when a series of ring electrodes are charged by a Wimshurst
7D30.95pair production and annihilation38-4.1A pair of scintillation counters face each other across an electron beam interrupted by a card with the appropriate equipment to detect coincidences.
7D30.96coincidence counters for cosmic raysA-121A circuit with two Geiger-Muler tubes.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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