A study of the scintillation induced by alpha particles and gamma rays in liquid xenon in an electric field
| Autor: | D. C. R. Davidge, A. Bewick, G. K. Rochester, W. G. Jones, M. K. Joshi, J. J. Quenby, Rodney Walker, Henrique Araujo, I. Liubarsky, D. Akimov, J. V. Dawson, D. Shaul, T. J. Sumner, A. S. Howard, V. N. Lebedenko |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Technology
INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION Nuclear and High Energy Physics Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ARGON Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Alpha-particle spectroscopy FOS: Physical sciences chemistry.chemical_element Field strength Electromagnetic radiation pulse shape discrimination Xenon Electric field liquid xenon Nuclear Science & Technology Instrumentation Physics Scintillation Science & Technology SPECTROSCOPY scintillation PHYSICS PARTICLES & FIELDS Gamma ray Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) Alpha particle chemistry Physical Sciences LUMINESCENCE IONIZATION Atomic physics |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 545:690-698 |
| ISSN: | 0168-9002 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.343 |
| Popis: | Scintillation produced in liquid xenon by alpha particles and gamma rays has been studied as a function of applied electric field. For back scattered gamma rays with energy of about 200 keV, the number of scintillation photons was found to decrease by 64+/-2% with increasing field strength. Consequently, the pulse shape discrimination power between alpha particles and gamma rays is found to reduce with increasing field, but remaining non-zero at higher fields. 15 pages, 12 figures, accepted by Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A |
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