Experiments
Tim’s Wilson Cloud Chamber
Author: Tim These are a few photos from a pulsed-style Wilson cloud chamber. Unlike the frustrating-to-get-working dry-ice continuous cloud chambers, this worked right out of the gate. A rapid decrease in pressure instantly reveal these alpha and beta tracks. These are just a few of the hundreds to images I have taken with this…
Neutron Detection with He-3
Author: Luke, Scott, & Tim Scott found a good source for 6-inch 4-atm 3He neutron detector tubes a few years back. So we wanted to take one of them and turn it into our standard detector system for making absolute neutron rate measurements of our various neutron producing endeavors. This chronicles the empirical design,…
Thermoluminescence
Author: Tim This is an interesting demonstration of a dosimetry principle known as Thermoluninescence. Radiation in the form of photon or charged and neutral particles can induced disorder in an otherwise ordered crystal structure – this is a form radiation damage. In table salt crystals, also known as NaI, radiation damage will knock out…
Life & Times of a Muon
Author: Eva & Tim