The response of a gas proportional scintillation counter to conversion electrons: simulation and experimental results

Author

Rachinhas, P.J.B.M. ; Simoes, P.C.P.S. ; Lopes, J.A.M. ; Dias, T.H.V.T. ; Morgado, R.E. ; dos Santos, J.M.F. ; Santos, F.P. ; Veloso, J.F.C.A. ; Stauffer, A.D. ; Conde, C.A.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Fisica, Coimbra Univ., Portugal

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

9-15 Nov. 1997

Firstpage

444

Abstract

Monte Carlo and xenon gas proportional scintillation counter energy spectra are presented for the absorption of X-rays and conversion electrons from the decay of a Cd/sup 109/ source and its daughter Ag/sup 109m/. Pulse duration distributions are also calculated, and compared with the results measured with a digital pulse-height analyser. A good agreement is found for the Monte Carlo and the experimental data.

Keywords

X-ray detection; conversion electron spectra; electron detection; gas scintillation detectors; proportional counters; xenon; /sup 109/Cd source; Monte Carlo spectra; X-rays; Xe; conversion electrons; digital pulse-height analyser; gas proportional scintillation counter; xenon gas proportional scintillation counter energy spectra; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Electrons; Fluorescence; Monte Carlo methods; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Scintillation counters; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; Xenon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1997. IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4258-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1997.672620

Filename

672620