Studies of Gaseous Multiplication Coefficient in Isobutane

Journal Article · Fri May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3448007· OSTI ID:21362079

Lima, Iara B; Vivaldini, Tulio C ^[1]; Goncalves, Josemary A. C.; Botelho, Suzana; Bueno Tobias, Carmen C ^[1]; Ridenti, Marco A; Pascholati, Paulo R ^[2]; Fonte, Paulo; Mangiarotti, Alessio ^[3]

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1. Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares, 05508-000, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
2. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 05508-090, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
3. Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Particulas, Departamento de Fisica da Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-516, Coimbra (Portugal)

This work presents the studies of gaseous multiplication coefficient behavior for isobutane, as function of the reduced electric field, by means of signal amplitude analysis. The experimental method used is based on the Pulsed Townsend technique, which follows from Townsend equation solution for a uniform electric field. In our configuration, the anode is made of a high resistivity (2.10{sup 12} OMEGA.cm) glass, while the cathode is of aluminium. In order to validate the technique and to analyze effects of non-uniformity, results for nitrogen, which has well-established data available in literature, are also presented.

• OSTI ID: 21362079
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1245, Issue 1; Conference: 32. Brazilian workshop on nuclear physics, Sao Paulo (Brazil), 7-11 Sep 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3448007; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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