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Amplification and scintillation properties of oxygen-rich gas mixtures for optical-TPC applications

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Weissman, L; Gai, M; Breskin, A; Chechik, R; Dangendorf, V; Tittelmeier, K; Weller, HR
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation
May 5, 2006

We studied electron amplification and light emission from avalanches in oxygen-containing gas mixtures. The mixtures investigated in this work included, among others, CO2 and N2O mixed with Triethylamine (TEA) or N2. Double-Step Parallel Gap (DSPG) multipliers and THick Gas Electron Multipliers (THGEM) were investigated. High light yields were measured from CO2+N2 and CO2+TEA, though with different emission spectra. We observed the characteristic wave-length emission of N 2 and of TEA and used a polymer wave-length shifter to convert TEA UV-light into the visible spectrum. The results of these measurements indicate the applicability of optical recording of ionizing tracks in a TPC target-detector designed to study the cross-sections of the 16O(γ,α)12C reaction, a central problem in nuclear astrophysics.

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Journal of Instrumentation

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1748-0221

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1748-0221

Publication Date

May 5, 2006

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1

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1

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1 / 17

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
 

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Weissman, L., Gai, M., Breskin, A., Chechik, R., Dangendorf, V., Tittelmeier, K., & Weller, H. R. (2006). Amplification and scintillation properties of oxygen-rich gas mixtures for optical-TPC applications. Journal of Instrumentation, 1(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/1/05/p05002
Weissman, L., M. Gai, A. Breskin, R. Chechik, V. Dangendorf, K. Tittelmeier, and H. R. Weller. “Amplification and scintillation properties of oxygen-rich gas mixtures for optical-TPC applications.” Journal of Instrumentation 1, no. 1 (May 5, 2006): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/1/05/p05002.
Weissman L, Gai M, Breskin A, Chechik R, Dangendorf V, Tittelmeier K, et al. Amplification and scintillation properties of oxygen-rich gas mixtures for optical-TPC applications. Journal of Instrumentation. 2006 May 5;1(1):1–17.
Weissman, L., et al. “Amplification and scintillation properties of oxygen-rich gas mixtures for optical-TPC applications.” Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 1, no. 1, May 2006, pp. 1–17. Scopus, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/1/05/p05002.
Weissman L, Gai M, Breskin A, Chechik R, Dangendorf V, Tittelmeier K, Weller HR. Amplification and scintillation properties of oxygen-rich gas mixtures for optical-TPC applications. Journal of Instrumentation. 2006 May 5;1(1):1–17.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Instrumentation

DOI

EISSN

1748-0221

ISSN

1748-0221

Publication Date

May 5, 2006

Volume

1

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1 / 17

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences