Compensation effects in hadron calorimeters

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6314773

Gabriel, T A; Bishop, B L; Brau, J; Di Ciaccio, A; Goodman, M; Wilson, R

The pros and cons of utilizing a fissionable material such as /sup 238/U to compensate for the nuclear binding energy losses in a hadron calorimeter are discussed. Fissionable material can return some lost energy to the particle cascade in terms of low-energy neutrons and gamma rays, but electromagnetic sampling inefficiencies (often called transition effects) and the detection medium which tries to convert this energy to a useable signal are just as important. 12 references.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Tennessee Univ., Knoxville (USA); Rome Univ. (Italy); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6314773
• Report Number(s): CONF-841007-20; ON: DE85002594
• Resource Relation: Conference: Nuclear science symposium, Orlando, FL, USA, 31 Oct 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ARGON
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CORRECTIONS
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FISSIONABLE MATERIALS
FLUCTUATIONS
LIQUID IONIZATION CHAMBERS
OPTIMIZATION
PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
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ELEMENTS
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FLUIDS
GASES
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IONIZATION CHAMBERS
ISOTOPES
LOSSES
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
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NUCLEI
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
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