Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2009-06-22
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A607:668-676,2009
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nima.2009.06.036
In order to assess the performance of liquid xenon detectors for use in positron emission tomography we studied the scintillation light and ionization charge produced by 511 keV photons in a small prototype detector. Scintillation light was detected with large area avalanche photodiodes while ionization electrons were collected on an anode instrumented with low noise electronics after drifting up to 3 cm. Operational conditions were studied as a function of the electric field. Energy resolutions of <10 % (FWHM) were achieved by combining the scintillation light and ionization charge signals. The relationship between scintillation light and ionization signals was investigated. An analysis of the sources of fluctuations was performed in order to optimize future detector designs.
Amaudruz Pierre
Bryman Douglas
Kurchaninov Lenoid
Lu Patrick
Marshal C.
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