Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
An experimental investigation of the Penning effect in both argon and xenon has been carried out with a variety of quench gases of different ionization potentials. Acetylene with argon and trimethylamine with xenon show the strongest true Penning effect, returning very high gas gains for a given voltage and improved energy resolution over more conventional mixtures. Data for these mixtures, as well as others exhibiting weaker metastable effects, nonmetastable Penning effects, and charge transfer through photoionization, are presented.
Keywords:
INSTRUMENTATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Type:
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (ISSN 0018-9499); 36; 866-870
Format:
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