Microstrip gas chamber for X-rays and neutrons

The prototype of a microstrip gas chamber (MSGC) has been constructed and tested as an X-ray detector. The calculation of the electric field around microstrips suggests that the process of gas amplification, which is realized with a smaller potential difference than that of a multiwire proportional...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 35; no. 1B; pp. L123 - L125
Main Authors HAYAKAWA, Y, MAEDA, Y
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Japanese journal of applied physics 1996
Subjects
Exact sciences and technology
Experimental methods and instrumentation for elementary-particle and nuclear physics
Gas-filled counters: ionization chambers, proportional, and avalanche counters
Nuclear physics
Physics
Radiation detectors, dosimeters
Gases
Radiation detectors
Helium 3
Carbon tetrafluoride
Neutron detectors
Instrumentation
X radiation
Experimental study
Microstrip
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Summary:The prototype of a microstrip gas chamber (MSGC) has been constructed and tested as an X-ray detector. The calculation of the electric field around microstrips suggests that the process of gas amplification, which is realized with a smaller potential difference than that of a multiwire proportional chamber (MWPC), is unique. The result, however, shows that the MSGC operates like a conventional MWPC and has energy resolution better than 30% in terms of full width at half-maximum at 5.9 keV. In addition, this gas chamber can be used as a neutron detector by filling it with 3 He and CF 4 gases.
ISSN:0021-4922
1347-4065
DOI:10.1143/jjap.35.L123