Abstract

The yield of electrons formed on exposure of liquid tetramethylsilane to 5.48 MeV alpha particles has been measured as a function of electric field. The number of electrons released per alpha was determined by pulse height analysis using a charge sensitive detector. The yields are low and increase with field. At 40 kV/cm the yield is 4100 electrons/alpha ( G = 0.075 electrons/100 eV). The results are shown to be consistent with the major source of electrons being delta rays.

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