DocumentCode
888564
Title
Background Suppression in a Gas-Scintillation Proportional Detector for Exotic-Atom X-Rays
Author
Okx, W.J.C. ; van Eijk, C.W.E. ; Hollander, R.W. ; Zoutendijk, A.
Author_Institution
Physics Department, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2600 GA DELFT, The Netherlands
Volume
34
Issue
6
fYear
1987
Firstpage
1818
Lastpage
1821
Abstract
This is an update of the report on a gasscintillation detector with a 7-cm diameter Be window for the detection of the K X-ray lines of exotic atoms such as pp, pD and K p (Ref. 1). Additional insulation eliminated breakdown at 9 kV to allow an improvement in background suppression. Timing markers from two scintillation regions combined with energy information, signals from guard detectors, and offline analysis resulted in a background reduction factor of ¿300. Time and amplitude spectra are shown.
Keywords
Atomic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Energy resolution; Force measurement; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Solid scintillation detectors; Timing; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1987.4334822
Filename
4334822
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