Published June 1, 1988 | Version v1
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Electron attachment of oxygen in a drift chamber filled with xenon + 10% methane

Creators

  • 1. Hiroshima Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Osaka Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Physics
  • 3. National Lab. for High Energy Physics, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)

Description

The existence of O2 contamination attenuates the pulse height and degrades its resolution in a drift chamber filled with xenon-methane (90/10) gas. The first measurement of the electron attachment coefficient due to oxygen in such a mixture is reported. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A
Journal Volume
269
Journal Issue
1
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
171-176
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAE

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
19078989
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANIONS; BINARY MIXTURES; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; ELECTRON DETECTION; ELECTRON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS; ENERGY LOSSES; IMPURITIES; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN IONS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN IONS; PION DETECTION; PULSES; WATER; XENON
Descriptors DEC
ALKANES; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; CHARGED PARTICLES; COLLISIONS; DETECTION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON COLLISIONS; ELEMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MIXTURES; MOLECULE COLLISIONS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLAR SOLVENTS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RARE GASES; SOLVENTS