A LARGE-VOLUME 3D IMAGING GAS SCINTILLATION-COUNTER WITH CSI-BASED WIRE CHAMBER READOUT

Authors
BRAUNING H BRESKIN A CHECHIK R DANGENDORF V DEMIAN A ULLMANN K SCHMIDBOCKING H
Citation
H. Brauning et al., A LARGE-VOLUME 3D IMAGING GAS SCINTILLATION-COUNTER WITH CSI-BASED WIRE CHAMBER READOUT, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 348(2-3), 1994, pp. 223-227
Citations number
16
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
348
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
223 - 227
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)348:2-3<223:AL3IGS>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We report on a large volume, high-pressure, TPC-like xenon gas scintil lation counter for X-ray spectroscopy in the range 60-511 keV. The UV scintillation light is detected with a low-pressure two stage proporti onal counter using a CsI photocathode. The detector has excellent ener gy and time resolutions. The location of the absorbed quanta can be ac curately determined in all three dimensions. Furthermore the 3D topolo gical information of the deposited primary charges provides an efficie nt means for the suppression of the Compton background present in many close ion-atom collision experiments.