I played around with my geiger counter an find it making beeps near my plasma bulb.
It also making beep on a electric train then there are sparks at the connecting on the roof. I have heard that the geiger tubes is sensitive for electrical fields. But if the voltage is high enough a discharge can make X-rays. On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:13:28 -0700, "Kevin O'Malley" wrote: What I would do is investigate whether this alpha discharge happens when the arc reaches across a vaccuum. http://www.quantum-potential.com/ACT%20NASA.pdf [1] On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Nigel Dyer wrote: I have built myself a marx generator which produces an output voltage of the order of 20kV and which can produce a very nice fat spark if the output electrodes are close enough. I have a conventional geiger counter and I find it beeps if it is within 5cm of the high voltage output. The distance suggests alpha particles, but a peice of card makes no difference so I assume that this is an artefact picked up by the large and abrupt change in the voltage gradient. Oddly I could not find any reference to this artefact on the internet. Is this just something that everyone knows but no-one writes down? Nigel Links: ------ [1] http://www.quantum-potential.com/ACT%20NASA.pdf [2] mailto:l...@thedyers.org.uk
