A LIQUID-FILLED PROPORTIONAL COUNTER

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1971 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.27.532· OSTI ID:942298

Muller, Richard A; Derenzo, Stephen E; Smadja, Gerard; Smith, Dennis B; Smits, Robert G; Zaklad, Haim; Alvarez, Luis W

We report properties of single-wire proportional chambers and multiple-wire ionization chambers filled with liquid xenon. Proportional multiplication is seen for anode fields > 10{sup 6} volts/cm (anode-cathode voltage> 1 kV for a 3.5-{micro}-diam anode wire). The efficiency for detecting ionizing radiation is {approx} 100%. The time resolution of the chambers is {+-} 10{sup -7} sec. We attained a spatial resolution of {+-} 15 {micro} with a multiwire ionization chamber, considerably better than that of any other real-time particle detector.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Physics Division
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 942298
• Report Number(s): UCRL-20811; PRLTAO; TRN: US200902%%120
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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ANODES
EFFICIENCY
IONIZATION CHAMBERS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MULTIWIRE IONIZATION CHAMBERS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
TIME RESOLUTION
XENON