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A SPARK-GAP TRIGGER SYSTEM

Author(s) -

G. Schrank,

G. R. Henry,

Q. Kerns,

R. A. Swanson

Publication year - 1963

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/970037

Subject(s) - coincidence , spark (programming language) , nanosecond , spark gap , physics , signal (programming language) , pulse (music) , signal edge , flash (photography) , electrical engineering , diode , spark chamber , scintillator , optics , detector , computer science , optoelectronics , engineering , voltage , analog signal , laser , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , digital signal processing , programming language , ignition system , spark ignition engine , thermodynamics

The construction and operation of a trigger system designed to fire a 30-kV 5000 A spark gap with a minimum delay following the arrival of a small signal pulse is described. In this particular experiment a 150-MeV/c muon is detected with scintillators on three 6199 phototubes, and the output pulse of the attached tunnel-diode triple-coincidence circuit is amplified and used to trigger the gap. Approximately 32 nanoseconds are needed from passage of the muon to the coincidence output, and approximately 25 nanoseconds are required from the coincidence output to the time of complete breakdown of the gap. These delays represent the shortest times that we could achieve with the particular boundary conditions under which the circuit had to operate. Sufficient detail is given to show how additional savings of nanoseconds could be made under different operating conditions

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