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Subject | has definition | is a kind of |
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high energy detector | Device for recording the presence of subatomic particles. A typical modem detector consists of an array of electronic sensors connected to a computer, capable of recording the paths of the particles as they fly out from the collision site in a particle accelerator. | instrument |
spark chamber | A means of detecting high energy particles by the trail of ionizations left as they pass through a chamber containing many charge plates. | high energy detector |
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