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Cloud Chamber

A device using a sealed environment containing a supersaturated vapor of alcohol to detect and visualize the passage of ionizing radiation.

Geiger-Müller Counter

An electronic instrument for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation using a Geiger–Müller tube. Detects ionizing radiation.

Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC)

A solid-state photodetector using multiple avalanche photodiode (APD) pixels in Geiger mode. Each pixel outputs a pulse at the same amplitude when detecting a photon.

Scintillator

A detector for charged particles and gamma rays in which scintillations produced in a phosphor are detected and amplified by a photomultiplier, giving an electrical output signal.

Toroidal Plasma

Refers to a plasma (a hot, ionized gas consisting of free-moving electrons and ions) that is confined in a doughnut-shaped (toroidal) configuration. This shape is used in devices like tokamaks and stellarators to maintain stable conditions for nuclear fusion.

Photomultiplier Tube

A vacuum tube that uses the photoelectric effect and secondary emission to detect and amplify low levels of light. It works by converting incident photons into electrons and then multiplying those electrons through a cascade of dynodes to produce a measurable current.