• DocumentCode
    934889
  • Title

    Aging effects in low pressure wire chambers containing TMAE

  • Author

    Woody, C.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    493
  • Lastpage
    497
  • Abstract
    The effects of aging in multiwire proportional chambers operated at low pressure with gas mixtures containing TMAE has been studied in connection with their use as a form of readout of BaF2 crystals in high-rate environments. Aging was induced by ultraviolet light, which simulated high radiation exposure of BaF2 crystals. Measurements were made on the loss in gain as a function of the total charge removed from the anode wires under various operating conditions. The results indicate a considerable improvement over previous aging effects measured at atmospheric pressure.
  • Keywords
    position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; BaF2 crystals; TMAE; aging; high radiation exposure; high-rate environments; low pressure wire chambers; multiwire proportional chambers; total charge; ultraviolet light; Aging; Anodes; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Charge measurement; Crystals; Current measurement; Gain measurement; Loss measurement; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.12772
  • Filename
    12772
    • Link To Document
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