Optical Photon Production in Anthracene by Electrons with Energies between 2 and 10 000 eV
- 1 March 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 43 (3) , 471-475
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1685664
Abstract
The response of an anthracenescintillation detector to electrons with energies from 2 to 10 000 eV is reported. The detector response, instead of falling rapidly to zero at energies less than 1000 eV, approaches a constant value of 0.56 photon/incident electron at low energies. The response of the detector in this very low energy region apparently results from a new photon production mechanism which is not understood at present. Above 1000 eV, significantly better spectra are obtained than have been reported previously.Keywords
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