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Subject: Re: Proton detection
Date: Dec 30, 6:48 pm
Poster: Jim Lux

On Dec 30, 6:48 pm, Jim Lux wrote:

The problem comes in that at the wall (positively charged electrons are slammin' hard enough so that virtually 100% of the impacts produce an X-ray photon which will cruise right through the thin aluminum!! Rats!

What about a negatively charged grid to repel the electrons, or a magnetic field to bend the electrons a different direction.