Published August 21, 1998
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Journal article
A cylindrical xenon ionization chamber detector for high resolution, room temperature gamma radiation spectroscopy
Creators
- 1. Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States). Dept. of Chem. Eng.
- 2. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA 92152 (United States)
- 3. Department of AMES, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (United States)
Description
A 0.75 l gridded cylindrical ionization chamber gamma radiation detector using highly purified xenon near the critical point as the detection medium is described. The detector operates at room temperature with a noise subtracted intrinsic energy resolution of 1.8% at 662 keV. The detector design and performance variables are discussed in comparison to previous planar and cylindrical xenon detectors. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 413
- Journal Issue
- 2-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 467-470
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 29059668
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BACKGROUND NOISE; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; DESIGN; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; KEV RANGE 100-1000; PERFORMANCE; PULSES; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K; XENON
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFIGURATION; DETECTION; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; KEV RANGE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NOISE; NONMETALS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RARE GASES; RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE RANGE
Optional Information
- Notes
- 5 refs.