The Development of Electronic Detectors at CERN (1966-late 1970s) (original) (raw)

1992, CERN History Study n.34, Geneva, January 1992, 89 pp., illus., notes, bibl.

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The research focuses on the evolution of electronic detectors at CERN during the 1960s to late 1970s, highlighting the significant contributions of various physicists. Key developments include the transition from spark chambers to multiwire proportional chambers and other advanced gaseous ionization detectors. The paper discusses the technical challenges and milestones in detector design, the operational advantages these technologies provided for high-energy physics experiments, and their growing importance in large-scale experimental setups.