RESPONSE OF PROPORTIONAL AND STREAMER TUBES TO LASER-INDUCED HIGH IONIZATION TRACKS

Authors
BATTISTONI G CANDELA A DEMITRI I DENNI U FRANI A GUARINO F NASSISI V SCIUBBA A
Citation
G. Battistoni et al., RESPONSE OF PROPORTIONAL AND STREAMER TUBES TO LASER-INDUCED HIGH IONIZATION TRACKS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 401(2-3), 1997, pp. 309-316
Citations number
9
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
401
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
309 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)401:2-3<309:ROPAST>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The use of an intense XeCl laser provided a unique way to produce larg e primary ionization in a streamer tube. The response of a proportiona l tube was also studied as a function of the laser intensity for calib ration purposes and to better understand the physical processes involv ed in the excitation-ionization mechanisms in the gas mixtures. Up to ionization powers as large as hundreds of m.i.p, the streamer tube res ponse was shown to be logarithmic.