High-pressure xenon GPSC/MSGC hybrid detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 855-858

  Covita, D S ^a   Veloso, J F C A ^a   Amaro, F D ^a   Dos Santos, J M F ^a   Conde, C A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CsI photocathodes; Gas scintillation counter; Microstrip gas chamber (MSGC); X rays

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; X RAYS;

MICROSTRIP GAS CHAMBER (MSGC);

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 0041425023     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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