TY - GEN
T1 - Dual-cathode CsI covered microstrip plate as VUV high efficiency photosensor
AU - Freitas, D. S. A. P.
AU - Silva, R. M. Curado da
AU - Mendes, N. F. C.
AU - Conde, C. A. N.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - A Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter having as photosensor a dual-cathode Microstrip Plate covered with a CsI film is described. This dual-cathode new technique has the advantage of increasing the VUV sensitive area of the Microstrip Plate. A detailed description of the technique is presented together with a discussion of the performance. The results obtained for a xenon filled Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter show an improvement of the energy resolution for 5.9 keV X-rays from 12.5 %, for a single cathode device, to 11.1 % for the dual-cathode device.
AB - A Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter having as photosensor a dual-cathode Microstrip Plate covered with a CsI film is described. This dual-cathode new technique has the advantage of increasing the VUV sensitive area of the Microstrip Plate. A detailed description of the technique is presented together with a discussion of the performance. The results obtained for a xenon filled Gas Proportional Scintillation Counter show an improvement of the energy resolution for 5.9 keV X-rays from 12.5 %, for a single cathode device, to 11.1 % for the dual-cathode device.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33846563878&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596552
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596552
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 0780392213
SN - 9780780392212
T3 - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
SP - 1275
EP - 1278
BT - 2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record -Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
T2 - Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE
Y2 - 23 October 2005 through 29 October 2005
ER -