Patent · US Expired

Particle detector and method using a helical array of scintillators

US5266808A · kind A · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Schott Fiber Optics, Inc. · US

Inventors

Walter P. Siegmund · Pomfret Center, US
Peter Nass · Mainz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 1992
Grant date	Nov 30, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/204
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for detecting the line of flight, point of entry and angle of entry of an energetic, ionizing particle uses a helical array of scintillating optical fibers.

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