Noble gas detectors / / edited by Elena Aprile [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , [2006]; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 665.822
• Soggetto topico: Gas detectors; Gases, Rare; Ionizing radiation - Measurement - Instruments; Gas detectors - Design and construction; Scintillation spectrometry
• Persona (resp. second.): AprileElena
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-341) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Noble Gas Detectors; Foreword; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Units and Definitions; 1.2 Brief History of Noble Gas Detectors; 2 Noble Fluids as Detector Media; 2.1 Physical Properties of Dense Noble Gases; 2.2 Energy Dissipation in Noble Gases; 2.3 Ionization Clusters and Principal Limitations on Position Resolution of Noble Gas Detectors; 2.4 Ionization and Recombination; 2.4.1 Jaffe Model of Recombination; 2.4.2 Onsager Model of Recombination; 2.4.3 Influence of δ-Electrons; 2.5 Principal Limitations for Energy Resolution; 2.6 Detection of Nuclear Recoils ; 2.7 Detection of High-Energy Particles3 Elementary Processes Affecting Generation of Signals; 3.1 Collection of Charge Carriers; 3.1.1 Charge Carrier Drift in Gases Under High Pressure; 3.1.1.1 Drift of Electrons in Gases; 3.1.1.2 Drift of Ions in Gases; 3.1.2 Drift of Charge Carriers in Condensed Phases; 3.1.2.1 Drift of Electrons in Condensed Phases; 3.1.2.2 Drift of Ions and Holes in Condensed Noble Gases; 3.1.3 Charge Carrier Trapping; 3.1.3.1 Electron Attachment in Liquids; 3.1.3.2 Charge Trapping in Solids; 3.2 Electron Multiplication and Electroluminescence ; 3.3 Charge Carrier Transfer at Interfaces3.3.1 Quasifree Electron Emission; 3.3.1.1 Thermal Electron Emission; 3.3.1.2 Hot Electron Emission; 3.3.1.3 Transition of Quasifree Electrons Along Interface; 3.3.2 Electron Emission From Localized States; 3.3.3 Transitions Between Different Media; 3.3.4 Ion Emission from Nonpolar Dielectrics; 3.3.5 Electron Emission into Nonpolar Dielectrics; 3.3.5.1 Electron Emission From Cathodes; 3.3.5.2 Electron Injection Through the Free Interface; 3.4 Properties of Noble Gas Scintillators; 3.4.1 Primary Processes; 3.4.2 Emission Spectra ; 3.4.2.1 Emission Spectra of Gases3.4.2.2 Emission Spectra of Liquids and Solids; 3.4.3 Absorption and Scattering; 3.4.3.1 Self-Absorption; 3.4.3.2 Impurity Absorption; 3.4.3.3 Scattering; 3.4.4 Scintillation Light Yield; 3.4.5 Refractive Index; 3.4.6 Decay Times; 3.4.6.1 Decay Times of Gases; 3.4.6.2 Decay Times of Liquids and Solids; 4 Scintillation Detectors; 4.1 High-Pressure Noble Gas Scintillation Detectors; 4.1.1 Single-Channel Gas Scintillation Detectors; 4.1.2 Multichannel Gas Scintillation Detectors; 4.2 Condensed Noble Gas Scintillation Detectors ; 4.2.1 Scintillation Detectors Using Liquid Helium and Condensed Neon4.2.2 Scintillation Detectors Using Liquid Argon, Krypton and Xenon; 4.2.2.1 Single-Channel Noble Liquid Scintillation Detectors; 4.2.2.2 Multichannel Noble Liquid Scintillation Detectors; 4.3 Development of Scintillation Calorimeters; 4.3.1 Granulated Scintillation Calorimeters; 4.3.1.1 UV Light-Collecting Cells; 4.3.1.2 Light-Collecting Cells with Wavelength Shifter; 4.3.1.3 Scintillation Calorimeter LIDER; 4.3.2 Barrel Scintillation Calorimeters; 4.4 Time-of-Flight Scintillation Detectors; 5 Ionization Detectors ; 5.1 Generation of Induction Charge
• Sommario/riassunto: This book discusses the physical properties of noble fluids, operational principles of detectors based on these media, and the best technical solutions to the design of these detectors. Essential attention is given to detector technology: purification methods and monitoring of purity, information readout methods, electronics, detection of hard ultra-violet light emission, selection of materials, cryogenics etc.The book is mostly addressed to physicists and graduate students involved in the preparation of fundamental next generation experiments, nuclear engineers developing instrumentation
• Titolo autorizzato: Noble gas detectors
• ISBN: 1-280-85444-8; 9786610854448; 3-527-60963-6; 3-527-61002-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144715303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II