Medium-term stability of a Parallel Plate Avalanche Chamber with a bakelite electrode operated in high-radiation flux

Authors
Cwiok, M Dominik, W Gorski, M Krolikowski, J Lagoda, J
Citation
M. Cwiok et al., Medium-term stability of a Parallel Plate Avalanche Chamber with a bakelite electrode operated in high-radiation flux, NUCL INST A, 456(1-2), 2000, pp. 91-94
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
456
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
91 - 94
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(200012)456:1-2<91:MSOAPP>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A gas detector made of three parallel electrodes (bakelite electrode and tw o metallic mesh electrodes) and working in proportional mode allows monitor ing of the gas gain under various intensities of X-rays over long period of time. The detector performance, when irradiated with an intense radiation flux, and possible effects of variation of the bakelite electrode conductiv ity on a medium-term stability of operation are reported. The results shown in this paper were obtained for detector filled with argon/isobutane gas m ixture. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.