Quenched and non-quenched Ar-Xe penning mixtures as detection media for a gridded-microstrip gas chamber X-ray detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1558-1563

  Carita, Liliana P M M ^a   Conde, Carlos A N ^a   Santos, Filomena P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Argon xenon and P10 xenon gas mixtures; Microstrip plate; Penning mixtures; X ray gaseous detector

Indexed keywords

ANODE VOLTAGES; CHARGE MULTIPLICATION; DETECTION MEDIA; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAS GAIN; MICRO-STRIP GAS CHAMBER; MICROSTRIP PLATE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PENNING MIXTURES; QUENCHING AGENTS; X-RAY DETECTOR; X-RAY GASEOUS DETECTOR;

ARGON; GAS DETECTORS; GAS MIXTURES; METHANE; QUENCHING;

XENON;

EID: 67649236090     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2018267     Document Type: Article

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