Published December 1, 1978
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Journal article
A vacuum photodoide as light sensing element for gas scintillation counters
- 1. Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Kernphysik
Description
The authors investigated the possibility of replacing the conventional photomultiplier tube with a vacuum photodiode as light sensor for gas scintilation counters. This was successfully done for heavy ions in counters where a high light output was available. It is shown that the diode can also be used with a gas scintillation proportional counter measuring low-energy particles if a large light amplification factor exists. Test results with 238U ions at 1.4 MeV/amu, 252Cf fission fragments and 241Am α-particles are presented. (Auth.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nucl. Instrum. Methods
- Journal Volume
- 157
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Nucl. Instrum. Methods.
- Journal Page Range
- 301-304
- ISSN
- 0029-554X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 10452954
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- GAS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; MEV RANGE 100-1000; PERFORMANCE; PHOTODIODES; URANIUM IONS; URANIUM 238
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ATOMIC IONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; IONS; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEV RANGE; NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES