The first Townsend coefficient for Ar-CO2 based gas mixtures has been measured over a wide range of reduced electric field. The experimental setup and the measurement technique are described here. A linear superposition model has also been successfully applied.
@article{arxiv.physics/0307073,
title = {Experimental determination of the Townsend coefficient for Argon-CO2 gas mixtures at high fields},
author = {G. Auriemma and D. Fidanza and G. Pirozzi and C. Satriano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0307073},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A