Zanevsky, Yu. V. Wire Detectors of Elementary Particles (Provolochnye detektory elementarnykh chastits), 1978. In Russian

Заневский Ю. В. Проволочные детекторы элементарных частиц.
Москва : Атомиздат, 1978.
166 с. : ил. Мягкая издательская обложка, обычный формат. Тираж 2530 экз.
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Zanevsky, Yu. V. Wire Detectors of Elementary Particles (Provolochnye detektory elementarnykh chastits).
Moscow: Atomizdat, 1978.
166 pp. : ill. Softcover, standard format. Print run: 2,530 copies.

This 1978 technical monograph is a vital resource documenting the development of particle detection technology during a period of rapid advancement in high-energy physics. Written by Yuri Zanevsky, a prominent researcher at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, the book focuses on the evolution of wire-based detectors—specifically proportional and drift chambers—which revolutionized the way physicists tracked subatomic particles.
Zanevsky provides a comprehensive analysis of the physical principles governing these detectors, starting with the ionization of gas by charged particles and the subsequent electron avalanche near the thin sense wires. The book details the construction and operation of Multi-Wire Proportional Chambers (MWPC), a technology pioneered by Georges Charpak that allowed for electronic data readout and significantly higher event rates compared to traditional bubble chambers or spark chambers.
The text covers a wide range of practical engineering challenges: from the selection of gas mixtures and wire tensioning to the electronics required for signal processing. Special chapters are dedicated to the use of wire chambers in magnetic spectrometers, beam monitoring, and their emerging applications in medicine (such as X-ray imaging). With a relatively small print run for its time, this Atomizdat publication is a key historical document for researchers in nuclear instrumentation and collectors of specialized scientific literature from the Dubna school of physics.