Importance of electron tracking in understanding the response of proportional counters

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Sep 1994

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Proc. SPIE Vol. 2280, p. 145-153, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy V, Oswald H. Siegmund; John V. Vallerg

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Design, construction, and sensitivity estimates for the performance of proportional counters customarily neglect the consequences of the finite path length of electrons resulting from the primary interaction between the incident x-ray and the proportional counter gas. In many situations this can lead to errors in response functions as a result of ignoring 'charge sharing' between adjacent proportional counter cells which are held in anti-coincidence, or charge lost by the electrons escaping the gas volume into the detector window or into inactive regions. We illustrate the importance of these effects with Monte-Carlo simulations.

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