Performance of Argon-Xenon Mixtures in a Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter for the 0.1-10 keV X-Ray Region

被引：6
|
作者：
do Carmo, S. J. C. [1 ]
Borges, F. I. G. M. [1 ]
Conde, C. A. N. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Coimbra, Dept Fis, P-3004516 Coimbra, Portugal
来源：
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE | 2009年 / 56卷 / 02期
关键词：
Argon detectors; energy resolution; gas detectors; proportional gas scintillation detectors; x-ray detectors; x-ray spectroscopy; xenon detectors; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION; AR-XE; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GASEOUS XENON; KEV RANGE; DETECTORS; ABSORPTION;
D O I：
10.1109/TNS.2009.2013952
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
The performance of a gas proportional scintillation counter filled with either pure Xe or Ar-Xe mixtures is described for the 0.1-10 keV X-ray energy range. It is shown that the spectra tail distortion exhibited by Xe filled gaseous detectors for soft X-rays below 2 keV is reduced if Ar-Xe mixtures are used. The peak-to-valley ratio increases by a factor of about 2 or 3 as the Xe concentration is reduced from 100% to 5%. Moreover, the energy resolutions for such mixtures are similar to the ones for pure Xe.
引用
收藏
页码：437 / 440
页数：4
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] RECENT PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT OF A GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER FOR X-RAY ASTRONOMY
    ANDRESEN, RD
    LEIMANN, EA
    PEACOCK, A
    TAYLOR, BG
    BROWNLIE, G
    SANFORD, P
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 1977, 24 (01) : 810 - 816
  • [22] LARGE-AREA GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER FOR X-RAY ASTRONOMY
    ANDERSON, DF
    KU, WHM
    NOVICK, R
    SCHECKMAN, M
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 1978, 25 (01) : 815 - 816
  • [23] GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER FOR THE X-RAY ASTRONOMY SATELLITE SAX.
    Smith, A.
    Peacock, A.
    Kowalski, T.Z.
    IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1986, NS-34 (01) : 57 - 61
  • [24] POSITION-SENSITIVE GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER FOR X-RAY ASTRONOMY
    DAVELAAR, J
    MANZO, G
    PEACOCK, A
    TAYLOR, BG
    BLEEKER, JAM
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 1980, 27 (01) : 196 - 203
  • [25] THE PERFORMANCE OF A LOW-ENERGY GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER FOR THE SAX X-RAY ASTRONOMY SATELLITE
    FAVATA, F
    SMITH, A
    EUV, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY AND ATOMIC PHYSICS, 1989, 1159 : 488 - 494
  • [26] A LARGE AREA IMAGING GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER FOR USE IN X-RAY ASTRONOMY
    KU, WHM
    LUM, KS
    VARTANIAN, MH
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS, 1984, 445 : 384 - 393
  • [27] HYBRID GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER PHOSWICH DETECTOR FOR HARD X-RAY ASTRONOMY
    GRINDLAY, JE
    MANANDHAR, RP
    EUV, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY AND ATOMIC PHYSICS, 1989, 1159 : 306 - 315
  • [28] Enhanced digital spectrometry of gas proportional scintillation counter pulses in x-ray fluorescence applications
    Simoes, PCPS
    dos Santos, JMF
    Conde, CAN
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 1998, 45 (03) : 290 - 294
  • [29] A large area gas proportional scintillation counter for balloon born solar X-ray spectrometry
    da Luz, HN
    Veloso, JFCA
    dos Santos, JMF
    Conde, CAN
    Silva, RMC
    Pan, HR
    Li, ZY
    Lin, HA
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 2002, 49 (05) : 2488 - 2491
  • [30] A FLUORESCENT GATED GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER FOR HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
    MANZO, G
    DAVELAAR, J
    PEACOCK, A
    ANDRESEN, RD
    TAYLOR, BG
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS, 1980, 177 (2-3): : 595 - 603
12345