By using a tungsten wire with 75-/spl mu/m diameter, 2 cm apart from a plane cathode, and applying a 600-ns, 120-kV square wave pulse, we were able to obtain a pulsed-water corona discharge (PWC). The ...

A radiation detector capable of providing both spectroscopic and directional information would allow users to more rapidly identify and localize radioactive sources, ultimately reducing the time spent ...