Title :
Study of low-Q PZT as a radiation detector
Author :
Miyachi, T. ; Hasebe, N. ; Ito, H. ; Masumura, T. ; Yoshioka, H. ; Yamashita, N. ; Okudaira, O. ; Murakami, T. ; Uchihori, Y. ; Sato, M. ; Tou, T.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Res. Inst. for Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Piezoelectric PZT elements were studied by directly irradiating a 400 MeV/n Xe beam. The elements were sensitive to the number of 104 Xe ions and their output amplitudes were proportional to the beam intensity, that is, the total energy deposited within the element. An ensemble of the output amplitudes behaved like the Bragg curve towards the end of the range. We discuss its potential as a radiation detector and its application to high intensity and high energy detectors.
Keywords :
ion beams; ion optics; radiation monitoring; semiconductor counters; xenon; 400 MeV; Bragg curve; PZT; PbZrO3TiO3; Xe; Xe ions; beam intensity; high energy detectors; low-Q PZT; radiation detector; total energy deposition; Acoustic beams; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic signal detection; Electron accelerators; Energy measurement; Noise reduction; Particle beams; Physics; Radiation detectors; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2002 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7636-6
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239257
