Detection of high-energy heavy ions using piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate

Journal Article · Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3106634· OSTI ID:21357550

Takechi, Seiji; Morinaga, Shin-ya; Kurozumi, Atsuma ^[1]; Miyachi, Takashi; Fujii, Masayuki; Hasebe, Nobuyuki ^[2]; Shibata, Hiromi ^[3]; Murakami, Takeshi; Uchihori, Yukio ^[4]; Okada, Nagaya ^[5]

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1. Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585 (Japan)
2. Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan)
3. Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501 (Japan)
4. National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba 263-8555 (Japan)
5. Honda Electronics Co., Ltd., Aichi 441-3193 (Japan)

The characteristics of a radiation detector fabricated with stacks of piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) elements were studied by irradiating it with a 400 MeV/n xenon (Xe) beam for various beam pulse durations. This detector is referred to as the multilayered detector (MD). To understand the production mechanism behind the output voltage obtained from the MD, measurement of the spatial distribution of the output signals generated in the MD was attempted. It was found that the amplitude observed was dependent on the number of Xe ions per unit time and the amount of ionization loss energy of Xe ions in PZT.

• OSTI ID: 21357550
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 105, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3106634; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BEAM PULSERS
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ENERGY LOSSES
HEAVY IONS
ION BEAMS
MEV RANGE 100-1000
PIEZOELECTRICITY
PZT
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
XENON
XENON IONS
BEAMS
CHARGED PARTICLES
DETECTION
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRICITY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
FLUIDS
GASES
IONS
LEAD COMPOUNDS
LOSSES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEV RANGE
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RARE GASES
TITANATES
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
ZIRCONATES
ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS