Absolute number of scintillation photons emitted by alpha-particles in rare gases

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Saito, K [1 ]
Sasaki, S [1 ]
Tawara, H [1 ]
Shibamura, E [1 ]
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[1] Grad Univ Adv Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
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2001 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM, CONFERENCE RECORDS, VOLS 1-4 | 2002年
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In order to determine absolute scintillation yields due to alpha particles in high pressure rare gases, the number of scintillation photons N-p was measured by using a VUV sensitive photodiode (PD) with a MgF2 window and a Cs-Te photocathode with spectral quantum efficiency q(e)(lambda) measured as a function of wavelength lambda. The number of photoelectrons from the photocathode N-pe was measured absolutely by using charge-sensitive preamplifier calibrated in numbers of electrons. A collection efficiency F-ce at the photocathode for scintillation photons can be determined from solid angles subtended by the photocathode at a scintillation point under the condition that there is no photon reflected at surrounding wall. Then, N-p was determined from N-p = N-pe/(Q(e) F-ce) where Q(e) is effective quantum efficiency calculated from qe(lambda) and a relative intensity I(lambda) of scintillation in rare gases at wavelength lambda. Although luminescence spectrums from rare gases emitted by radiation have been measured by many researchers, these spectrums were scarcely corrected by an efficiency of apparatus (e.g. efficiency of monochromator and scintillation detector) for lambda. In order to exactly determine the luminescence spectrums, these were also measured on our own terms. And, since it was reported that scintillation intensity from rare gases change with a pressure of rare gases, this experiments was carried out in a pressure range from 1.0x10(5) Pa to 1.0x10(6) Pa. The measurements were carried out in gaseous argon, krypton and xenon. In xenon of 1.0x10(5) Pa, N-p was measured to be 1.6x10(5).
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