Title of article
Efficiency calibration of low-energy electron detectors by means of β-ray emitters
Author/Authors
?palek، نويسنده , , A. and Dragoun، نويسنده , , O. and Ry?av?، نويسنده , , M. and Dragounov?، نويسنده , , N.، نويسنده ,
Pages
6
From page
433
To page
438
Abstract
The relative efficiency of a channel electron multiplier for 2–9 keV electrons was determined using the β-spectra of vacuum evaporated 241Pu and 63Ni sources. The results agreed within ±0.8% (1 σ). Conversion electron measurements of 57Co and 169Yb supported the result. The electron scattering and energy losses within the sources were taken into account by means of Monte Carlo simulations of individual elastic and inelastic collisions. The detector was calibrated in the same geometry as it works inside the cylindrical mirror analyzer.
Keywords
63Ni , Beta spectra , Electron detector efficiency , 241Pu
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2010471
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