What happens in a Geiger-Müller tube when it is not connected to a circuit?
Ionizing radiation must still be creating ions inside it, but they cannot move to the anode because there is no potential difference. What happens to them?
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4Presumably they just recombine with their own electrons, probably in a fraction of the quench time. – Feb 19 '20 at 13:12
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They recombine? – Marko Buršič Feb 19 '20 at 19:06
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@BrianDrummond: Ok thanks. – EmmaV Feb 19 '20 at 22:00