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Energy straggling eliminated as a limitation to charge resolution of transmission detectors

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Detectors of the energy loss of penetrating charged particles are used extensively for particle identification. The chief limitation in these measurements is the fluctuation of the amount of energy deposited within the detector1,2. We demonstrate here that this limitation can be overcome with a new nuclear track detector, CR-39(DOP), and that the charge resolution of this detector exceeds that of any other, including semiconductor diodes.

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  1. Department of Physics, and Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

    G. Tarlé, S. P. Ahlen & P. B. Price

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Tarlé, G., Ahlen, S. & Price, P. Energy straggling eliminated as a limitation to charge resolution of transmission detectors. Nature 293, 556–558 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/293556a0

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