Characterization of PIPS detectors for measurement of radioxenon

Peter W. Sobel; Steven Biegalski

doi:10.1007/s10967-022-08466-z

Characterization of PIPS detectors for measurement of radioxenon

Peter W. Sobel
, Steven Biegalski

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Abstract

The International Monitoring System arm of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization utilizes sampling of atmospheric radioxenon to scan the world for nuclear testing events. Current designs utilized in the field involve plastic scintillator cells run in coincidence with sodium iodide (NaI) or high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors. The use of plastic scintillators as electron detectors exhibit some issues in comparison to other materials. Silicon detectors are analyzed as an alternative to plastic scintillators for beta detection based on their higher energy resolution and lowered memory effect. A radioxenon detection setup was created with the intent of measuring radioxenon samples using coincidence counting between silicon and NaI detectors as well as silicon and HPGe. The absolute efficiency of both setups is calculated and compared.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4891-4896
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	331
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08466-z
State	Published - Dec 2022
Externally published	Yes

Funding

Thank you to Michael Foxe for providing insight and support for our work, your help was invaluable. This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration under Award Number(s) DE-NA0003921.

Keywords

Beta-gamma coincidence
Nuclear techniques for treaty monitoring
PIPS
Radioxenon
Silicon detectors

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