A HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON-BEAM MONITOR,

Abstract

A high-energy electron-beam monitor which detects the Cerenkov light emitted in nitrogen gas at atmospheric pressure is described. The monitor is designed to have a constant sensitivity to electrons of energies above 200 MeV, to have a response time of less than 10 to the minus 7th power sec, and to have a current output which is linearly proportional to the beam intensity over a range of 5 decades. The results of tests made on the monitor are presented. The tests show that the monitor has a sensitivity, speed, range, and lack of dependence on beam position and background radiation which make it ideal for many monitoring applications. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0705505

Entities

People

  • Carol Jo. Crannell
  • H. D. Zeman
  • Hall Crannell

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Background Radiation
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Energy
  • Fermions
  • High Energy
  • Intensity
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Monitoring
  • Radiation
  • Sensitivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems