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Applications of proportional chambers and drift chambers in high-energy physics and other fields

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Proportional counters, which were superseded in high-energy physics by developments such as spark and bubble chambers, have recently undergone modifications which have considerably increased their space and time resolution. These modified counters are finding applications not only in high-energy and nuclear physics but also in biology and medicine.

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Charpak, G. Applications of proportional chambers and drift chambers in high-energy physics and other fields. Nature 270, 479–482 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270479a0

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