Investigation of gas discharge impulse image intensifiers
Abstract
The gas discharge impulse image intensifiers (GDIII) operated in the streamer mode are studied in this work. The GDIII has a resolution of 5-15 lines/cm and light amplification up to ∼10 10. The possibility to design a single-electron GDIII for RICH-detectors is considered. For this purpose the emission of photoelectrons in He, Ne, Ar, Xe, CO 2, iC 4H 10 and their mixtures in the 50-760 Torr pressure range have been investigated. The best working gas for the GDIII is Ne+(∼0.1%)iC 4H 10 mixture having an electron output factor up to 0.45.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- August 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00318-6
- Bibcode:
- 1999NIMPA.433..518G