Suitability of high-pressure xenon as scintillator for gamma ray spectroscopy
arXiv:1212.4050 · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2013.03.008
Abstract
In this paper we report the experimental study of high-pressure xenon used as a scintillator, in the context of developing a gamma ray detector. We measure a light yield near 2 photoelectrons per keV for xenon at 40 bar. Together with the light yield, we also measured an energy resolution of ~9% (FWHM) at 662 keV, dominated by the statistical fluctuations in the number of photoelectrons.
15 pages, 11 figures