Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2008-07-17
JINST 3:P09007,2008
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
13 pages, 13 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1748-0221/3/09/P09007
A new type of radiation detector based on a spherical geometry is presented. The detector consists of a large spherical gas volume with a central electrode forming a radial electric field. Charges deposited in the conversion volume drift to the central sensor where they are amplified and collected. We introduce a small spherical sensor located at the center acting as a proportional amplification structure. It allows high gas gains to be reached and operates in a wide range of gas pressures. Signal development and the absolute amplitude of the response are consistent with predictions. Sub-keV energy threshold with good energy resolution is achieved. This new concept has been proven to operate in a simple and robust way and allows reading large volumes with a single read-out channel. The detector performance presently achieved is already close to fulfill the demands of many challenging projects from low energy neutrino physics to dark matter detection with applications in neutron, alpha and gamma spectroscopy.
Andriamonje Samuel
Aune Stephan
Chapelier M.
Charvin Ph.
Colas Paul
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