A STUDY OF RUBIDIUM VAPOR MAGNETOMETERS.

Abstract

The operational characteristics of a two-cell Rb87 vapor magnetometer and a four-cell Rb85 vapor magnetometer are investigated. Both instruments are found to have optimum operating temperatures of about 40 C. The two-cell magnetometer is found to have polar deadzones with widths of 48 degrees and to have an equatorial deadzone with a width of 20 degrees. The four-cell magnetometer is found to have a 23 degrees equatorial deadzone. The magnetometers are shown to follow periodically varying fields with frequencies as high as 48 kc/s. The magnetometers are shown to follow transient field charges as large as 18.1K gamma occurring in times as small as three microseconds. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0616739

Entities

People

  • Joseph Clifford Giles

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkali Metals
  • Detectors
  • Elements
  • Fluxmeters
  • Frequency
  • Group 1 Elements
  • Instrumentation
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Magnetic Devices
  • Magnetometers
  • Microsecond Time
  • Rubidium

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology