FIRST OBSERVATION OF THE SCINTILLATION LIGHT FROM SOLID XE, KR AND ARWITH A CSI PHOTOCATHODE

Citation
E. Aprile et al., FIRST OBSERVATION OF THE SCINTILLATION LIGHT FROM SOLID XE, KR AND ARWITH A CSI PHOTOCATHODE, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 353(1-3), 1994, pp. 55-58
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
353
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
55 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)353:1-3<55:FOOTSL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We have demonstrated that the scintillation light from solid Xe, Kr an d Ar can be recorded by means of a CsI photocathode directly coupled w ith the solid. The signal obtained from the CsI photocathode inside so lid rare gases is 20-100% higher than that previously observed with Cs I photocathodes inside the same liquids. This may open new application s of solid rare gas scintillating detectors with such a readout.