Published September 11, 2007
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Journal article
A high-efficiency Transition Radiation Detector for high-counting-rate environments
Creators
- 1. National Institute for Nuclear Physics and Engineering, Bucharest (Romania)
- 2. University of Muenster (Germany)
- 3. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
Description
A prototype Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) with a new configuration was built and tested. The prototype consists of two individual multiwire proportional chambers (MWPC) that share a thin common central pad readout electrode. Measurements with a 55Fe source and e, π and p of 1.5 GeV/c showed a very good energy, position resolution and a better e/π discrimination compared to the standard structure with a single MWPC. No significant deterioration of the resolutions is observed up to counting rates of 2x105particlescm-2s-1. These results open the possibility of constructing TRDs with a high e/π discrimination and granularity even for high-counting rate experiments with a reasonable number of layers
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.013Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.013;
- PII
- S0168-9002(07)01217-X;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 579
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 961-966
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39061012
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONFIGURATION; COUNTING RATES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; GEV RANGE; IRON 55; LAYERS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; READOUT SYSTEMS; RESOLUTION; TRANSITION RADIATION DETECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEI; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.