A New Method for the Eliminaion of the Wall Effect in Proportional Counter

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Abstract
The wall effect present in the gas-filled proportional counters and the low-energy background caused by it are well-known disadvantages. In this paper a method is presented to define the radial position of a single X-ray absorption in ordinary proportional counters. The method utilizes the variation in detector pulse collection times due to the electron diffusion. This variation can be determined with a specially constructed risetime analyzer which effectively forms a dead zone of cylindrical shape inside the detector. The properties and performance of the method are demonstrated. In the experiment performed the signal to background ratio was improved by a factor of twenty.