PROGRESS TOWARD A RADON DETECTOR USING PULSE-MODE AND CURRENT-MODE ION COLLECTION

Year
2002
Author(s)
Duncan W. MacArthur - Los Alamos National Laboratory
David J. Mercer - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kiwhan Chung - Los Alamos National Laboratory
K. Ianakiev - Los Alamos National Laboratory
W. Scott Baldridge - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Abstract
Radon gas may be useful as a geophysical tracer, but radon anomalies may last only a few minutes, too short to be observed by most commercial detectors. We are developing a detector with much greater sensitivity, faster response time, and wider dynamic range to use in unattended field applications.