Published July 1, 2013 | Version v1
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Suitability of high-pressure xenon as scintillator for gamma ray spectroscopy

Creators

  • 1. ETH Zurich, Institute for Particle Physics, Zurich (Switzerland)
  • 2. Arktis Radiation Detectors Ltd. (Switzerland)

Description

In this paper we report the experimental study of high-pressure xenon used as a scintillator, in the context of developing a gamma ray detector. We measure a light yield near 2 photoelectrons per keV for xenon at 40 bar. Together with the light yield, we also measured an energy resolution of ∼9% (FWHM) at 662 keV

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.03.008

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2013.03.008;
arXiv
arXiv:1212.4050v1;
PII
S0168-9002(13)00282-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
715
Journal Page Range
p. 87-91
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45047753
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ENERGY RESOLUTION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GAS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; KEV RANGE; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; SCINTILLATIONS; VISIBLE RADIATION; XENON; YIELDS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; FLUIDS; GASES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NONMETALS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES; RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPECTROSCOPY

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