Gas proportional scintillation counters with a CsI-covered microstrip plate UV photosensor for high-resolution X-ray spectrometry

Authors
Veloso, JFCA dos Santos, JMF Conde, CAN
Citation
Jfca. Veloso et al., Gas proportional scintillation counters with a CsI-covered microstrip plate UV photosensor for high-resolution X-ray spectrometry, NUCL INST A, 457(1-2), 2001, pp. 253-261
Citations number
37
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
457
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
253 - 261
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20010111)457:1-2<253:GPSCWA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A xenon-filled gas proportional scintillation counter for X-ray spectrometr y is described. The detector uses a microstrip plate covered with a thin Cs I film as a photosensor rather than the usual photomultiplier tube. The ach ieved energy resolution for 5.9keV X-rays is 12% when the microstrip is ope rated within the xenon volume and 10.5% when the microstrip is operated in a P-10 environment, separated from the xenon volume by a quartz window. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.