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Dead zone characteristics of SQS and GM modes in Kr-, Ar- and Ne-Mixtures

Conference · · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)
OSTI ID:6730900
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  1. Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Kyushu Univ., (Japan)
  2. College of General Education, Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, 770 (Japan)
In this paper, dead zones of a gas counter are studied systematically for various gas mixtures at gas pressures equal to and lower than 1 atm. Evaluated values of the dead zone for the self-quenching streamer (SQS) mode were 190-390 [mu]s [center dot] at 1 atm. Characteristics of the dead zone were explained by considering the effect of SQS ions. The critical gas pressure, at which the operation mode changes form the SQS mode to the GM mode, was determined for each gas mixture on the basis of the dead zone measurement. Operation mode diagrams of the counter were drawn according to those results.
OSTI ID:
6730900
Report Number(s):
CONF-911106--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Journal Volume: 39:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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