A Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter With KI and KBr-Covered Microstrip Plate as Photosensor: Experimental Results

Author

do Carmo, S.J.C. ; Carita, L. P M M ; Borges, F.I.G.M. ; Conde, C.A.N.

Author_Institution

Coimbra Univ., Coimbra

Volume

54

Issue

4

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1257

Lastpage

1262

Abstract

The performance of a xenon-filled gas proportional-scintillation counter is reported, where the VUV Xe scintillation is detected by KI or KBr photocathodes on a microstrip plate. The detector energy resolution R and gain G for 5.9 keV X-rays are presented and compared with previous results obtained with Csl photocathodes. R and G are studied as a function of the halide film thickness and scintillation region length. The best energy resolutions reached values of 12% and 15% for KI and KBr photocathodes, respectively.

Keywords

gas scintillation detectors; photocathodes; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; Csl photocathodes; KBr photocathode; KBr-covered microstrip plate; KI photocathode; KI-covered microstrip plate; VUV Xe scintillation; X-rays; halide film thickness; photosensor; scintillation region length; xenon-filled gas proportional-scintillation counter; Backscatter; Cathodes; Energy resolution; Feedback; Microstrip; Radiation detectors; Scintillation counters; Solid scintillation detectors; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; CsI; KBr; KI; X-ray detector; gas proportional scintillation counter (GPSC); microstrip plate; photosensor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2007.902357

Filename

4291711