Principles of Cloud-Chamber Technique

Originally published in 1951, this book examines the potential of the cloud chamber as an instrument of precise measurement.

List of contents

Author's preface; 1. The condensation and growth of drops; 2. Ionization in cloud tracks; 3. The production and maintenance of supersaturation; 4. Operation and photography; 5. Counter control; 6. The technique of precision measurements; 7. Interpretation of cloud-chamber photographs; References; Index.

Summary

Originally published in 1951 as part of the Cambridge Monographs on Physics series, this book examines the potential of the cloud chamber as an instrument of precise measurement. Wilson includes guidance on how to interpret cloud chamber photographs and basic principles of operation.

Product details

• Authors: J. G. Wilson, Wilson J. G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.06.2014
• EAN: 9781107680890
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68089-0
• No. of pages: 142
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; Particle & high-energy physics, Particle and high-energy physics, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle