Title :
Novel mercuric iodide polycrystalline nuclear particles counters
Author :
Schieber, M. ; Zuck, A. ; Braiman, M. ; Nissenbaum, J. ; Turchetta, R. ; Dulinski, W. ; Husson, D. ; Riester, J.L.
Author_Institution :
Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
Polycrystalline mercuric iodide nuclear radiation detectors having areas between 0.01 to 100 cm2 and thicknesses 30 to 600 microns, have been fabricated with single, linear strip and square pixel contacts. The large area detectors 10 to 600 cm2 were produced by industrial ceramic equipment while the smaller ones, about 1 cm2 area, were produced in the laboratory. The huge detectors still had large leakage currents and the production process is being revised. The smaller detectors were tested and their response to lower and higher gamma energy, beta and even 100 GeV muons at CERN will be reported
Keywords :
beta-ray detection; gamma-ray detection; mercury compounds; muon detection; position sensitive particle detectors; semiconductor counters; solid scintillation detectors; 100 GeV; HgI2; beta ray detection; gamma ray detection; industrial ceramic equipment; large area detectors; leakage currents; linear strip contacts; muons detection; nuclear radiation detectors; polycrystalline nuclear particles counters; production process; square pixel contacts; Ceramics industry; Counting circuits; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Laboratories; Leak detection; Leakage current; Production; Radiation detectors; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium, 1996. Conference Record., 1996 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3534-1
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1996.591081