Operation of a 1-liter-volume gaseous argon proportional scintillation counter

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 621, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 267-277

  Kazkaz, K ^a   Foxe, M ^a,b   Bernstein, A ^a   Hagmann, C ^a   Jovanovic, I ^b   Sorensen, P ^a   Stoeffl, W S ^a   Winant, C D ^a,c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti neutrino detector; Argon; Gas scintillation proportional counter; Nuclear quench factor

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION SOURCE; DETECTOR RESPONSE; GAMMA SOURCE; GAS CONTENT; GAS SCINTILLATION PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; GASPHASE; IONIZATION DETECTORS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES; LOW ENERGIES; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; NUCLEAR QUENCH FACTOR; NUCLEAR RECOIL; PULSE SHAPES; QUENCHING FACTORS; SOFTWARE SETTINGS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; X-RAY SOURCES;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; DETECTORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION OF GASES; OPTIMIZATION; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

ARGON;

EID: 77957896877     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.088     Document Type: Article

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