Author/Authors :
Ball، نويسنده , , R. and Beene، نويسنده , , J.R. and Ben-Moshe، نويسنده , , M. and Benhammou، نويسنده , , Y. and Bensimon، نويسنده , , Céline B. and Chapman، نويسنده , , J.W. and Etzion، نويسنده , , E. and Ferretti، نويسنده , , C. and Friedman، نويسنده , , P.S. and Levin، نويسنده , , D.S. and Silver، نويسنده , , Y. and Varner، نويسنده , , R.L. and Weaverdyck، نويسنده , , C. and Wetzel، نويسنده , , R. and Zhou، نويسنده , , B. and Anderson، نويسنده , , T. and McKinny، نويسنده , , K. and Bentefour، نويسنده , , E.H.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
This article reports on the development and experimental results of commercial plasma display panels adapted for their potential use as micropattern gas radiation detectors. The plasma panel sensor (PPS) design and materials include glass substrates, metal electrodes and inert gas mixtures which provide a physically robust, hermetically sealed device. Plasma display panels used as detectors were tested with cosmic ray muons, beta rays and gamma rays, protons, and thermal neutrons. The results demonstrated rise times and time resolution of a few nanoseconds, as well as sub-millimeter spatial resolution compatible with the pixel pitch.
Keywords :
Neutron detectors , Plasma panels , Micropattern gaseous detectors , Pixel radiation detector , radiation detector , Gaseous ionization detector
