Title :
Measurement of proportional counter gas gain
Author :
Borisov, A. ; Fakhroutdinov, R. ; Goryatchev, V. ; Kojine, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for High Energy Phys., Protvino, Russia
Abstract :
A method of evaluation of proportional counter gas gain from arbitrary current measurements has been developed. It provides absolute value of the gain in range from 1 to 108 with moderate current sensitivity and without knowledge of used radioactive source properties. As an example we present dependence of the gain versus voltage for drift tubes of ATLAS Muon Spectrometer filled with mixtures Ar-CO2(93-7) and Ar-N2-CH4(91-4-5) at 3 bar absolute pressure. Results are compared with the gain obtained from ADC measurements
Keywords :
argon; muon detection; nitrogen; proportional counters; ADC measurements; ATLAS Muon Spectrometer; Ar-CO2; Ar-CO2(93-7); Ar-N2; Ar-N2-CH4(91-4-5); current measurements; drift tubes; proportional counter gas gain; radioactive source properties; Counting circuits; Current measurement; Detectors; Filling; Gain measurement; Ionization; Mesons; Spectroscopy; Voltage; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6503-8
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2000.949094
