Light yield and fano factor for x-rays in xenon gas proportional scintillation counters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2808, Issue , 1996, Pages 613-616

  Borges, F I G M ^a   Dos Santos, J M F ^a   Kubota, S ^a,b   Conde, C A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fano factor; Gas Proportional Scintillation Counters; X ray detectors; Xenon Light Yield; Xenon Scintillation

Indexed keywords

FANO FACTOR; GAS PROPORTIONAL SCINTILLATION; X-RAY DETECTOR; XENON LIGHTS; XENON SCINTILLATION;

ASTRONOMY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIGHT; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; X RAYS;

XENON;

EID: 84887510699     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.256035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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