Scintillating Imaging Proportional Counter as X-Ray to Light Image Converter
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- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 24 (1) , 511-514
Abstract
A xenon detector has been constructed which converts soft X-rays to UV photons while preserving the spatial position of the X-rays in two dimensions. More than 50 UV photons are collected in the image for each 5.9 keV X-ray. The spatial resolution of the present system is 0.5mm for integrated flux measurements and would probably be better for single photon counting. The detector can be made in a large area format without loss of resolution. In principle the system can image the very high X-ray fluxes which are required in certain applications with preservation of linearity in the image.Keywords
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