High pressure xenon gamma-spectrometers with high energy resolution

Author

Dmitrenko, V.V. ; Gratchev, V.M. ; Kondakova, O.N. ; Krivov, S.V. ; Romanyuk, A.S. ; Sutchkov, S.I. ; Ulin, S.E. ; Uteshev, Z.M. ; Vlasik, K.F. ; Yurkin, Yu T.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Eng. & Phys., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

2-9 Nov 1996

Firstpage

393

Abstract

The results of studies of the High Pressure Xenon (HPXe) gas as a detector medium for gamma-ray spectrometers are presented. The designs of the high-pressure Xe spectrometers and their parameters are given. The spectrometers based on parallel plate and cylindrical ionization chambers with a shielding mesh or have the total energy resolution of about 2.0% FWHM at 1 MeV. They are insensible to a strong radiation flux, capable to operate in field conditions up to a temperature of 200°C for years without any deterioration in the energy resolution

Keywords

gamma-ray detection; gamma-ray spectrometers; ionisation chambers; xenon; Xe; cylindrical ionization chambers; high pressure xenon gamma-spectrometers; high-pressure Xe spectrometers; parallel plate ionization chambers; shielding mesh; strong radiation flux; total energy resolution; Density measurement; Energy resolution; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Ionization chambers; Pressure measurement; Radiative recombination; Scintillation counters; Spectroscopy; Xenon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1996. Conference Record., 1996 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3534-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1996.591006

Filename

591006