Published November 1, 1993 | Version v1
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Scintillating gas proportional phoswiches

Creators

  • 1. Inst. de Physique Nucleaire de Lyon, Univ. Claude Bernard, 69 Villeurbanne (France)
  • 2. Inst. des Sciences Nucleaires de Grenoble, Univ. Joseph Fourier, 38 Grenoble (France)
  • 3. INFN Sezione di Padova (Italy)
  • 4. INFN Lab. Nazionali di Legnaro (Italy)

Description

A phoswich detector with a first stage consisting of a scintillating gas proportional counter has been constructed and tested. Good identification of heavy ions of charge 4 < Z < 20 has been obtained. This type of detector provides an improvement with respect to conventional phoswiches (plastic-CsI(TI)), especially with respect to lower energy thresholds. It therefore appears promising as a standard detection unit of a 4π hodoscope for heavy ions. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
335
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 503-508.
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
25018972
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON DRIFT; FOUR-PI COUNTING; GAS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; HODOSCOPES; ION DETECTION; LOW PRESSURE; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; PULSES; SCINTILLATIONS; XENON
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DETECTION; ELEMENTS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NONMETALS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RARE GASES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS