OBSERVATION OF ELECTRON MULTIPLICATION IN LIQUID XENON WITH A MICROSTRIP PLATE

POLICARPO, APL; CHEPEL, V; LOPES, MI; PESKOV, VLADIMIR; GELTENBORT, P; MARQUES, RF; ARAUJO, H; FRAGA, F; ALVES, MA; FONTE, P; LIMA, EP; FRAGA, MM; LEITE, MS; SILANDER, K; ONOFRE, A; PINHAO, JM

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(95)00457-2

OBSERVATION OF ELECTRON MULTIPLICATION IN LIQUID XENON WITH A MICROSTRIP PLATE

POLICARPO A., CHEPEL V., LOPES M., PESKOV V., GELTENBORT P., MARQUES R., ...More

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, vol.365, no.2-3, pp.568-571, 1995 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Letter
Volume: 365 Issue: 2-3
Publication Date: 1995
Doi Number: 10.1016/0168-9002(95)00457-2
Journal Name: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.568-571
Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We report here on the observation of electron multiplication in liquid xenon in a microstrip chamber with an amplification factor of the order of 10. The measurements were carried out at a temperature between 208 and 215 K (liquid density of about 2.7 g/cm(3)).