[en] Seven micron diameter Carbon filaments forming the anode of a multiwire proportional chamber have been used to detect single electrons. Charge division techniques applied to the 5 cm long wire resulted in a position resolution of sigma/L < 2% for a collected signal charge of 30 fC
Sep 1985; 6 p; IEEE nuclear science symposium; San Francisco, CA (USA); 23-25 Oct 1985; CONF-851009--17; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01; 1 as DE86002942