Directional detector of gamma rays

Title: Directional detector of gamma rays

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A directional detector of gamma rays comprises a strip of an electrical cuctor of high atomic number backed with a strip of a second electrical conductor of low atomic number. These elements are enclosed within an electrical conductor that establishes an electrical ground, maintains a vacuum enclosure and screens out low-energy gamma rays. The detector exhibits a directional sensitivity marked by an increased output in the favored direction by a factor of ten over the output in the unfavored direction.

Inventors:

Cox, Samson A ^[1]; Levert, Francis E ^[2]

Downers Grove, IL
Chicago, IL

Issue Date:: 1979-01-01

Research Org.:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL

OSTI Identifier:: 863274

Patent Number(s):: 4136282

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G01T1/16 - Measuring radiation intensity

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Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: directional; detector; gamma; rays; comprises; strip; electrical; cuctor; atomic; conductor; elements; enclosed; establishes; ground; maintains; vacuum; enclosure; screens; low-energy; exhibits; sensitivity; marked; increased; output; favored; direction; factor; unfavored; electrical ground; gamma rays; gamma ray; electrical conductor; vacuum enclosure; energy gamma; directional detector; /250/

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