Detection of charged particles in superfluid helium
- Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
This thesis is concerned with the use of a large superfluid helium detector for the detection of solar neutrinos. A small-scale prototype of this type of detector has been constructed and tested. In this thesis the author discussed in detail the design of the apparatus, the experiments which have been carried out, and what has been learned about the important physical processes involved in this type of detector. These processes include the anisotropic generation of phonons and rotons by the recoiling particle, the propagation of the phonons and rotons in the liquid, the evaporation process at the liquid surface, and the adsorption of the helium atoms onto the wafers. In addition he discusses the generation and detection of fluorescent photons from recoiling particles. The implications of these results to the design of a full-scale detector of neutrinos are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-88ER40452
- OSTI ID:
- 10115891
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/40452-11; ON: DE95007354; TRN: 95:001625
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: TH: Thesis (Ph.D.); PBD: Dec 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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