Distortion effects in soft-x-ray energy spectra for xenon gaseous detectors: A Monte Carlo simulation study
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 46 (1) , 237-245
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.46.237
Abstract
Distortion effects observed in soft-x-ray spectra in the 0.1–5-keV range obtained with xenon gaseous detectors are investigated using a detailed Monte Carlo simulation of the absorption of low-energy x-ray photons in xenon at p=760 Torr and T=293 K, for uniform applied electric fields 100, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500 V/cm. Distortion effects are shown to correspond to a loss of electrons to the xenon-filled detector’s window, and the influence of the field strength applied in the detector’s x-ray-absorption zone is assessed.Keywords
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