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A new method for measuring the response time of the high pressure ionization chamber
Zhentao Wang1, Yixiong Shen, Jigang An
1Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102201, China.
Abstract:
Time response is an important performance characteristic for gas-pressurized ionization chambers. To study the time response, it is especially crucial to measure the ion drift time in high pressure ionization chambers. In this paper, a new approach is proposed to study the ion drift time in high pressure ionization chambers. It is carried out with a short-pulsed X-ray source and a high-speed digitizer. The ion drift time in the chamber is then determined from the digitized data. By measuring the ion drift time of a 15 atm xenon testing chamber, the method has been proven to be effective in the time response studies of ionization chambers.
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