THE SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF HIGH-PRESSURE XENON

Authors
BOLOTNIKOV A RAMSEY B
Citation
A. Bolotnikov et B. Ramsey, THE SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF HIGH-PRESSURE XENON, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 396(3), 1997, pp. 360-370
Citations number
24
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
396
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
360 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)396:3<360:TSPOHX>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The density and temperature dependences of the mean energy to form an ion pair, W-value, and the intrinsic energy resolution, Delta E-0, of high-pressure Xe were investigated with a parallel plate ionization ch amber. A temperature and pressure independent technique to monitor the density of Xe was used. Changes in both the W-value and Delta E-0 wer e observed, as a function of temperature between 14 degrees C and 70 d egrees C and density between 0.12 and 1.7 g/cm(3), and these were foun d to correlate with the formation of energy bands in Xe, for the forme r, and changes in the recombination rate, for the latter. Qualitative analysis of the experimental results is presented.