UV-sensitivity of a gas proportional counter

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6153770

de Vogel, J

This report is an account of the investigation of UV-sensitivity of a gas proportional counter. The detector used in this investigation has been developed for the observation of low-energy cosmic X-rays; i.e. 0.05-2.0 keV. A major source of background at very low energies (<0.2 keV) is due to the sensitivity of the counter to UV-radiation of stellar origin in the wavelength band 1600-3000 A. The purpose of this investigation is to establish in a quantitive way the parameters governing the UV-sensitivity of a gas proportional detector.

• Research Organization: Huygens Lab., Leiden (Netherlands)
• OSTI ID: 6153770
• Report Number(s): PB-83-161620
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

440101* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- General Detectors or Monitors &amp; Radiometric Instruments
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PERFORMANCE
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
SENSITIVITY
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION