Design and construction of a magnetometer.
Authors
Wells, John T.
Subjects
Advisors
Date of Issue
1955
Date
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
An electrostatic generator, such as the 0.5 - 2.0 million electron volt (Mev) Van de Graaff machine in use at the United States Naval Postgraduate School, is, within its range the best generator for precision nuclear physics. If the otherwise excellent characteristics of the ion beam of such a generator are to be used effectively, it is essential to provide for accurate measurement of the ion particle energy. The desired accuracy should be achieved with the simplest measuring device available. To this end a quartz fiber magnetometer was constructed for use at this institution. Since the magnetometer principle makes use of the positive ion separation magnetic field, its use is restricted to the measurement of positive ion energy. Reproducible values of particle energy to within 0.1 per cent accuracy are obtainable.
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Thesis
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Department
Physics (PH)