Photosensitive dopants for liquid noble gases

Patent · Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6865253

Anderson, D F

In an ionization type detector for high energy radiation wherein the energy of incident radiation is absorbed through the ionization of a liquid noble gas and resulting free charge is collected to form a signal indicative of the energy of the incident radiation, an improvement comprising doping the liquid noble gas with photosensitive molecules to convert scintillation light due to recombination of ions, to additional free charge.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• Assignee: TIC; EDB-87-088979
• Patent Number(s): 4,733,085
• Application Number: 06/880,628
• OSTI ID: 6865253
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
LIQUID IONIZATION CHAMBERS
DESIGN
ARGON
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
DOPED MATERIALS
PHOTOSENSITIVITY
SCINTILLATIONS
X-RAY DETECTION
XENON
DETECTION
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
IONIZATION CHAMBERS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NONMETALS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RARE GASES
SENSITIVITY
440100* - Radiation Instrumentation