A high pressure xenon self-triggered scintillation drift chamber with 3D sensitivity in the range of 20–140 keV deposited energy Export

@article{citeulike:3928539, abstract = {A high pressure gas self-triggered scintillation drift chamber has been built with a working volume of 30 cm diameter and 4 cm depth, viewed through glass windows by an array of 19 PMTs. The detector tested at 9 bar xenon filling showed 2.7\% FWHM energy resolution at 122 keV over a 22 cm field of view and three-dimensional sensitivity with X , Y resolution of 3.7 mm FWHM and Z resolution of 0.6 mm FWHM for 60 keV photoabsorbed γ-rays. The readout system of the detector is able to select multi-vertex events occurring in the sensitive volume due to γ-ray absorption and discriminate fluorescent photons, Compton scattering and photoabsorption vertices. The energy resolution in ” fluorescent photon gated mode” has been measured as 2.2\% FWHM at 122 keV γ-ray. Some possible applications of the detector are discussed.}, author = {Bolozdynya, A. and Egorov, V. and Koutchenkov, A. and Safronov, G. and Smirnov, G. and Medved, S. and Morgunov, V.}, citeulike-article-id = {3928539}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(96)01035-2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168900296010352}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1016/S0168-9002(96)01035-2}, issn = {01689002}, journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment}, keywords = {hpxe}, month = {January}, number = {2}, pages = {225--238}, posted-at = {2009-01-23 10:45:10}, priority = {2}, title = {A high pressure xenon self-triggered scintillation drift chamber with 3D sensitivity in the range of 20–140 keV deposited energy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(96)01035-2}, volume = {385}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3928539 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3928539 N2 - A high pressure gas self-triggered scintillation drift chamber has been built with a working volume of 30 cm diameter and 4 cm depth, viewed through glass windows by an array of 19 PMTs. The detector tested at 9 bar xenon filling showed 2.7% FWHM energy resolution at 122 keV over a 22 cm field of view and three-dimensional sensitivity with X , Y resolution of 3.7 mm FWHM and Z resolution of 0.6 mm FWHM for 60 keV photoabsorbed γ-rays. The readout system of the detector is able to select multi-vertex events occurring in the sensitive volume due to γ-ray absorption and discriminate fluorescent photons, Compton scattering and photoabsorption vertices. The energy resolution in “fluorescent photon gated mode” has been measured as 2.2% FWHM at 122 keV γ-ray. Some possible applications of the detector are discussed. IS - 2 JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment SN - 01689002 EP - 238 TI - A high pressure xenon self-triggered scintillation drift chamber with 3D sensitivity in the range of 20–140 keV deposited energy VL - 385 SP - 225 KW - hpxe AU - Bolozdynya, A AU - Egorov, V AU - Koutchenkov, A AU - Safronov, G AU - Smirnov, G AU - Medved, S AU - Morgunov, V PY - 1997/01/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(96)01035-2 ER -