A microstrip gas chamber as a VUV photosensor for a xenon gas proportional scintillation counter

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1232-1236

  Veloso, J F C A ^a   Lopes, J A M ^a,b   Dos Santos, J M F ^a   Conde, C A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; SCINTILLATION; XENON;

CESIUM INDIUM PHOTOCATHODE; LINEAR RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; MICROSTRIP GAS CHAMBER; ONE ATMOSPHERE XENON; SCINTILLATION GRID; XENON GAS PROPORTIONAL SCINTILLATION COUNTER;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0030169122     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.506669     Document Type: Article

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