• DocumentCode
    340188
  • Title

    Position of ion impact determined via detection of secondary electrons

  • Author

    Shapira, D. ; Lewis, T.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Phys., Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    1998
  • Firstpage
    811
  • Abstract
    The factors affecting the performance of a position sensitive timing detector (PSTD), based on the detection of secondary electrons ejected from a foil by the passing ion, were investigated. We studied effects of multiple scattering in the foil, electron transport from foil to micro-channel plate detector (MCP) surface, and signal processing hardware. We conclude that, for detector with foil-to-MCP distance of 5-10 cm, electron transport limits the devices currently in use to resolution worse then 2 mm (fwhm)
  • Keywords
    microchannel plates; position sensitive particle detectors; secondary electron emission; electron transport; ion impact position determination; micro-channel plate detector; multiple scattering; position sensitive timing detector; secondary electrons detection; signal processing hardware; Acceleration; Anodes; Electrons; Hardware; Particle scattering; Physics; Position sensitive particle detectors; Signal processing; Signal resolution; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium, 1998. Conference Record. 1998 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Toronto, Ont.
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5021-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774296
  • Filename
    774296