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Characterization of hemispherical area X-ray detector based on set of proportional counters with needle anodes
Fecha
2016-01Registro en:
Figueroa, Rodolfo G.; Santibañez, Mauricio; Valdes, Cristian; Valente, Mauro Andres; Characterization of hemispherical area X-ray detector based on set of proportional counters with needle anodes; Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd; Applied Radiation and Isotopes; 107; 1-2016; 191-194
0969-8043
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Autor
Figueroa, Rodolfo G.
Santibañez, Mauricio
Valdes, Cristian
Valente, Mauro Andres
Resumen
This work introduces a new, versatile and robust X-ray detector with hemispherical 2π geometry, based on a set of 15 small cylindrical proportional counters located in a hexagonal and pentagonal fullerene C60 pattern, at the same distance from the center (where a sample is placed). The counteranode consists of stainless steel sewing needles with spherical tips measuring approximately 80μm in diameter. The space between the counters and the sample could contain air, the same gas as the counters or vacuum. This allows a significant increase in the count rates by a factor approximately equal to the number of counters connected. It is shown that an energy resolution of 20% for 5.9keV photons can be obtained, and a global counting rate of around 106counts/s is achievable by the 15 Needle Anode Proportional Counters (NAPCs) operating in parallel mode, in our setup.