Multipin gas-discharge detector with ball-tipped anodes

A new gas-discharge particle detector is described. The ball-tipped anodes of the detector are 2 mm in diameter. The detector operates in the self-quenching mode with high efficiency, and its counting rate is characterized by a wide plateau. The maximum counting rate at one ball-tipped anode is ≅ 2.5x104 s-1. Utilization of spherical anodes will make possible the construction of reliable detectors of complex shapes. In such detectors two-coordinate registration of multiparticle events may be readily organized in a natural manner. (orig.)