A sealed high pressure xenon filled imaging proportional counter with a sensitive area 30cm square
Journal Article
·
· IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)
The performance of an imaging proportional counter (IPC) 30cm square is evaluated in this paper. The scaling effects involved in the construction of such a device were investigated using an electrode array along and a xenon-methane filled IPC. In the IPC, a spatial resolution of 1.2mm FWHM was achieved; and as expected this limitation is shown not to be due to the electronic signal to noise ratio, but to the widely dispersed secondary avalanches initiated by ultra violet photons emitted by excited xenon atoms.
- Research Organization:
- X-Ray Astronomy, Physics Department, Leicester University, Leicester
- OSTI ID:
- 5925613
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 30:1; ISSN IETNA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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440103* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- Nuclear Spectroscopic Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ALKANES
AVALANCHE QUENCHING
ELECTRODES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
HIGH PRESSURE
HYDROCARBONS
IMAGES
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METHANE
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PHOTONS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
RARE GASES
RESOLUTION
SCALING
SEALS
SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
XENON
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ALKANES
AVALANCHE QUENCHING
ELECTRODES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
HIGH PRESSURE
HYDROCARBONS
IMAGES
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METHANE
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PHOTONS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
RARE GASES
RESOLUTION
SCALING
SEALS
SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
XENON