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Ben, it is hard to see how you can be absolutely sure that some of the energy for that ionization didn't come from the 1200-VDC power supply. You should read my article on Quantum Siphoning, linked elsewhere on this page by Helder Velez, where I explain how those kinds of processes can work. In my article I explain how it works for the case of the photographic plate, but I think the Geiger Counter is the same in principle.

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2015-03-05 17:37 (UTC), posted by SE-user Marty Green
commented Jun 17, 2013 by Marty Green (290 points) [ no revision ]




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