Investigation of the high density multiwire proportional chamber as a detector for neutral particles

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Chin. Phys.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7158015

De-wu, Wang; Jia-shu, Lou; Zhi-gang, Li; Zong-yuan, Yao

This paper describes a position-sensitive multiwire proportional chamber with effective area of 200 x 200 mm/sup 2/. The chamber combining with a multilayer lead ..gamma..-ray converter forms a high density multiwire proportional chamber ..gamma..-ray detector. The lead converter is made in a uniformly arranged matrix of 0.9 mm diameter holes on a 1.1 mm pitch. For 511-keV photons the detection efficiency is 5.6%, and the spatial resolution is 1 mm. The detector has been used in the investigation of a positron camera, and it also offers possibilities of x-ray detection.

• Research Organization: Institute of High Energy Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing
• OSTI ID: 7158015
• Journal Information: Chin. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Chin. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 8:3; ISSN CHPHD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

440104* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- High Energy Physics Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
DETECTION
GAMMA DETECTION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
TESTING
X-RAY DETECTION