A New Method of Detecting Low Intensity Nuclear Radiation

Author

Emerson Jones

Publication Date

5-20-1950

Abstract

In general there exist in the energy level scheme of many of the elements, transitions which give rise to the liberation of energy in the visible or near visible spectra. This situation gave rise to the hope that a gaseous element could be selected such that upon being excited or ionized by charged particle radiation, the predominant transitions to lower energy levels could be detected by photographic means. If a means of detecting these transitions could be made sufficiently sensitive, one could then hope to detect very low radiation intensities of charged particles. The problem consisted of evacuating a chamber, filling it with a gaseous element, supplying a movable source of radiation in the chamber, and developing a sensitive detecting system.

Degree Name

Physics

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Physics & Astronomy

First Committee Member (Chair)

N/A

Second Committee Member

Roy Thomas

Third Committee Member

N/A

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Jones, Emerson. "A New Method of Detecting Low Intensity Nuclear Radiation." (1950). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/phyc_etds/125