A study of the scintillation induced by alpha particles and gamma rays in liquid xenon in an electric field
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Journal Article
Abstract
Scintillation produced in liquid xenon by alpha particles and gamma rays has been studied as a function of applied electric field. For back scattered gamma rays with energy of about 200 keV, the number of scintillation photons was found to decrease by 64±2% with increasing field strength. Consequently, the pulse shape discrimination power between alpha particles and gamma rays is found to reduce with increasing field, but remaining non-zero at higher fields.
Date Issued
2005-06-21
Date Acceptance
2005-01-29
Citation
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2005, 545 (3), pp.690-698
ISSN
0168-9002
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
690
End Page
698
Journal / Book Title
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A - Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume
545
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2005, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Instruments & Instrumentation
Nuclear Science & Technology
Physics, Particles & Fields
Spectroscopy
Physics
INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION
NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS
SPECTROSCOPY
liquid xenon
scintillation
pulse shape discrimination
ARGON
LUMINESCENCE
IONIZATION
Publication Status
Published