• Title of article

    A large area avalanche photodiode as the VUV photosensor for gas proportional scintillation counters

  • Author/Authors

    Lopes، نويسنده , , J.A.M and Santos، نويسنده , , J.M.F.dos and Conde، نويسنده , , C.A.N، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    421
  • To page
    425
  • Abstract
    The feasibility of using UV-sensitive Large Area Avalanche Photodiodes (LAAPD) as the photosensor in xenon Gas Proportional Scintillation Counters (GPSC) is investigated. It is shown that the LAAPD can successfully replace the photomultiplier tube as the UV photosensor of GPSCs without degradation of the detector energy resolution, enabling the development of compact GPSCs. Energy resolutions of 7.9% and 4.4% are obtained with a xenon-filled GPSC for 5.9 and 22.1 keV X-rays, respectively.
  • Keywords
    Gas scintillation detectors , UV-photosensors , X-ray spectrometry
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Serial Year
    2000
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Record number

    2187977