Applied Physics Letters · 1969 · 89 citations · 10 references
Natural SciencesNuclear EngineeringPhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsNuclear PhysicsRadiation TransportAlpha DecayAlpha Particle DetectionHeavy-ion PhysicsQuantum TunnelingSuperconducting MaterialsTunnelingAlpha Particle PhysicsAlpha SpectrometryDirect TunnelingGamma SpectrometryNuclear TunnelingTunneling CurrentTunneling EffectsTunneling Phenomena
A superconducting tunnel junction was bombarded with alpha particles and the resulting pulses in the quasiparticle tunneling current were observed. The possibility of utilizing this effect in nuclear spectrometry is discussed.
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