RADIATION DETECTION WITH A METASTABLE SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTOR COMPOSED OF NONSPHERICAL GRAINS

Authors
SECO J GOMES MJ BARBOSA R GIRARD T WAYSAND G LIMAGNE D DUBOS H JEUDY V PERRIER P
Citation
J. Seco et al., RADIATION DETECTION WITH A METASTABLE SUPERCONDUCTING DETECTOR COMPOSED OF NONSPHERICAL GRAINS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 370(1), 1996, pp. 20-23
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
370
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
20 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)370:1<20:RDWAMS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Differential superheating curves at 385 mK of an Al grain suspension, with dimensions of the order of 5-15 mu m and ellipsoidal geometry at 20% volume filling factor, indicate a majority of the transitions to o ccur from a metastable state and that these grains are thermally-nucle ated by energy depositions of 6 keV X-rays. These results run counter to established convention that only the most uniform, spherical grains are required in detector fabrication.