A large area room temperature gas proportional scintillation counter for soft X-Rays with Ar-Xe mixtures: Preliminary results

Author

Carmo, S. J c do ; Borges, F.I.G.M. ; Dias, T.H.V.T. ; Santos, F.P. ; Trindade, A.M.F. ; Conde, C.A.N.

Author_Institution

Univ. de Coimbra, Coimbra

Volume

1

fYear

2007

fDate

Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007

Firstpage

581

Lastpage

584

Abstract

A room temperature Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter (GPSC) optimized for soft X-ray detection in the 0.2 keV to 10 keV range is presented. The detector is filled with Ar-Xe mixtures, at atmospheric pressure, in order to reduce spectrum distortion due to electron losses to the radiation entrance window. It has a large area radiation window for soft X-rays and uses a 2" diameter VUV photomultiplier tube and the curved grid technique for compensation of solid angle scintillation losses. The preliminary results for its performance for soft X-rays are presented and compared with GPSCs filled with pure Xe.

Keywords

X-ray detection; gas scintillation detectors; photomultipliers; proportional counters; Ar-Xe mixtures; GPSC; VUV photomultiplier tube; atmospheric pressure; curved grid technique; electron losses; gas proportional scintillation counter; radiation entrance window; room temperature; soft X-ray detection; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Electrons; Energy resolution; Filling; Radiation detectors; Scintillation counters; Solid scintillation detectors; Temperature; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0922-8

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436399

Filename

4436399