Within a Geiger counter, which mechanism causes measurable current from ionizing radiation?

💡 Explanation

The detection pulse arises because the Townsend avalanche, cascading electron collisions ionize further gas molecules, amplifying any initial ionization event into a macroscopic current pulse; therefore the current is detected, rather than electron-hole recombination alone, because that would require subsequent amplification.

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