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Detector, Ionization, Gas Gain, Aerobee
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This is a gas gain ion chamber ionization detector similar to those that flew in Aerobee rockets in the late 1950's to early 1960's. The lithium fluoride window in this detector was designed to be transparent to radiation in the range from 1050 to 1300 Angstroms. The charges generated by the impact of the photons on the interior gas then traveled to the oppositely charged electrode. Additional collisions of the ions and electrons with filling gas on their way to the electrodes generated more charges and in effect amplified the signal.
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Credit lineDetector, Ionization, Gas Gain, Aerobee. Naval Research Laboratory. National Air and Space Museum, Transferred from the Naval Research Laboratory. CC0.
