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

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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.
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