Measurement of the optical performance of liquid scintillator filled Teflon-fiber tubes

Technical Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6377653· OSTI ID:6377653

Zaman, S M

A study of the optical performance of a liquid scintillator (BC517L) filled Teflon tube of inner diameter 0.06 cm, was carried out using a rectangular array of those tubes. Two experimental methods, the cosmic ray telescope and the direct scouce method, were used in measuring the light output (in photoelectrons) and the light attenuation length through the scintillator. Results showed the light output from this array for minimum ionizing charged particles to ba a fraction of a photoelectron (about 10{sup {minus}2}) and the attenuation length to be about 20.0 cm, for high energy particles, suggesting a limiting value for the tube diameter of the Teflon that can be used in scintillating fiber calorimeters for high energy physics experiments. 18 refs., 16 figs., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AS05-81ER40039
• OSTI ID: 6377653
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40039-43; ON: DE91004232
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LIQUID SCINTILLATORS
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ATTENUATION
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
M CODES
MONTE CARLO METHOD
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OPTICAL REFLECTION
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
SHOWER COUNTERS
TEFLON
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
TUBES
COMPUTER CODES
DETECTION
FLUORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHOSPHORS
PHOTOTUBES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLASTICS
POLY
POLYETHYLENES
POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
REFLECTION
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440104* - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation