大面积玻璃RPC模型与性能测试

介绍了可用于粒子探测的大面积玻璃高阻板探测器RPC(Resistive Plate Chamber).使用两块间隔2mm的普通浮法玻璃作为电极,其中充入流动的混合气体(氩气+异丁烷+F134A),工作高压约9600V;性能测试结果,其单室效率可达97%,时间分辨可达到1.8ns.     

不同工作气体对PPAC性能的影响

描述了为RIBLL研制的一种双维位置灵敏PPAC在不同工作气体下的性能测试.位置读出采用电荷分除法.在7mb气压和C₃F₈工作气体时阳极在+595V,对于3组分α粒子,位置分辨为0.64mm.使用异丁烷气体,阳极在+500V,位置分辨为0.76mm.PPAC在两种气体中探测效率均为99.1%.C₃F₈气体质量厚度和能量损失较大,信号幅度较高,适合探测较高能量较轻粒子.异丁烷气体能损较小,适合探测较重粒子.     

横向场电离室在RIBLL实验中的应用

描述一种可用于兰州放射性束流线(RIBLL)上的ΔE探测器——横向场气体电离室. 对其性能进行了测试, 包括它的坪曲线、探测效率和能量分辨. 测试结果显示, 在混合气Ar(80%)+CO₂(20%)的不同气压下, 此电离室具有较长的工作坪区, 较小的坪斜. 相对于Si的探测效率为99.31%.在118mbar的气压下, 对能损为4.94MeV的α粒子, 其能量分辨率为3.25%. 并在RIBLL上利用50MeV/u的⁵⁸Ni轰击Ta靶的实验中进行了在束应用.     

BESⅢ μ探测器阻性板模型室的性能研究

对基于酚醛树脂的阻性板室(RPC)进行研究. 通过改进的表面处理工艺, 开发了一种新的阻性板材料, 并在不同温度下对多块样板的电阻率进行了测量. 对比了基于此新型阻性板的不同电阻率RPC模型室的探测效率、计数率和暗电流. 利用¹³⁷Cs γ源和实验束流研究了流光模式RPC的抗辐照性能. 结果表明此新型阻性板RPC满足BESⅢ μ探测器的要求.     

高浓度氩气稀释对C2H2-2.5O2气体直接起爆临界能量影响的实验研究

 采用高压电点火进行直接起爆,通过放电过程中电流的输出信号确定起爆能量,实验测定了C₂H₂-2.5O₂气体和加入摩尔浓度为70%氩气的C₂H₂-2.5O₂混合气体直接起爆的临界起爆能量,研究了高浓度氩气稀释对C₂H₂-2.5O₂混合物临界起爆能量的影响。实验测得的混合物临界起爆能量实验值与Lee等人的表面积能量理论值基本吻合。研究表明：C₂H₂-2.5O₂气体和加入摩尔浓度为70%氩气的C₂H₂-2.5O₂混合气体的临界起爆能量均依赖于初始压力,并呈反相关指数关系;在相同实验条件下,高浓度氩气稀释极大提高了混合气体直接起爆的临界起爆能量。分析认为,由于临界起爆能量正比于诱导区长度的3次方,因此在相同初始压力下,高浓度氩气的稀释增加了C₂H₂-2.5O₂混合气体爆轰诱导区长度,并最终导致其临界起爆能量的显著上升。     

L3强子量能器第一个模块正比室的研制

本文报导L3强子量能器第一个模块60个正比室的研制和性能测试.在充以Ar(80%)+CO₂(20%)混合气条件下,室计数率坪长125V,坪坡度3.4%/100V.输出脉冲具有良好的均匀性.长时间的高压"锻炼"能使暗电流减小.由正比室装配成的强子量能器模块,在CERN SPS试验束上进行了性能测试.取得了满意的结果.     

1 MeV电子辐照对短波Hg1-xCdxTe光伏探测器的影响

 研究了1 MeV电子辐照对短波Hg_1-xCd_xTe光伏探测器的影响。通过测试电子辐照前后光伏探测器的响应光谱、信号、噪声、暗电流等性能参数，分析了电子辐照对Hg_xCdxTe光伏器件的影响机制。实验结果发现：电子辐照后器件响应光谱在短波处有变窄的趋势，但响应峰值波长和截止波长基本无变化；随着辐照剂量的增加，通过p-n结的暗电流有所增加，光伏器件的探测率有减小的趋势。     

大面积阻性板探测器的研制

介绍了使用自制的材料制作的大面积阻性板探测器模型的结构和利用宇宙射线测量的效率曲线、单计数率曲线、暗电流曲线、多重计数和信号幅度随高压的变化曲线.结果表明,该RPC效率接近98%,单计数率和暗电流都好于国外的同类探测器,完全可以满足通常实验的要求.     

掺杂CeO2的75TeO2-25Nb2O5-5ZnO飞秒激光诱导瞬态光栅的研究

用泵浦探测技术研究了掺杂CeO₂的75TeO₂-25Nb₂O₅-5ZnO玻璃在飞秒激光诱导的瞬态光栅多级自衍射。从拉曼和吸收光谱中研究了玻璃的结构特性，并证明了此玻璃中存在Ce3+离子。这种瞬态光栅起因于光克尔效应，并通过Ce3+离子中1S0?1F3电子能级跃迁形成的激发态粒子数光栅而改善，一级衍射信号的转换效率可达到11%。这些实验结果显示了掺杂CeO₂的75TeO₂-25Nb₂O₅-5ZnO飞玻璃在全转换开关中具有广泛应用。     

电激励O2（a1Δg）发生器的实验研究

 在纯氧，及氧气和氩气的混合气体情况下，对射频放电产生O₂（a¹Δg）进行了实验研究。射频频率为13.56MHz，额定功率500W，放电压力133.0~399.0Pa， 氧气流量最大为1.4mmol/s， 氩气流量为2.1mmol/s。研究了O₂（a¹Δg）产率随气体流量、放电气压以及混合气体放电条件的变化。O₂（a¹Δg）产率最大值约为17.5%。     

MRPC噪声和暗电流对温度和工作高压的依赖

不同混合气体不同高压,6个气隙的阻性板室工作在不同的环境温度下,测试其噪声和漏电流.噪声和漏电流随温度升高指数上升.     

电激励脉冲HF激光SF_6/C_2H_6工作气体的放电特性

研究了电激励脉冲HF激光工作介质SF6/C2H6混合气体的放电特性。通过对放电等离子体荧光图像和放电波形的测量,分析比较了不同条件下放电稳定性、剩余电压、能量沉积效率等特性参数的变化情况。实验结果表明:混合气体的放电过程存在主放电、剩余电压维持和电弧放电3个阶段,各阶段的放电特性有所差异;提高充电电压有利于放电能量的有效沉积,也会使不稳定的电弧放电提前;增加C2H6原子分数能起到抑制电弧放电的作用;混合气体总压的增加会导致剩余电压的提高以及辉光放电的能量沉积效率的降低;最佳的能量沉积出现在电弧放电阶段与辉光放电阶段即将融合的临界状态。     

PRELIMINARY TEST FOR AGEING EFFECT OF DRIFT CHAMBERS

The degradation of some performances of the drift chambers irradiated with 5 MeV electron beam has been tested. The gas mixtures filled were Ar/CO₂, Ar/CH₄ and C₄H₁₀ in proportion.
The dark current, the pulse height, the energy resolution and the counting rate plateau have been measured during the irradiation.     

Test of BESⅢ RPC in the avalanche mode

The installation of the BESⅢ RPC system has been completed.Cosmic ray test results show that they perform very well in streamer mode and meet the BESⅢ requirements.We have tested several RPCs in the avalanche mode with the addition of extra SF6 in the gas mixture.We find an efficiency plateau that reaches～95%.and a time resolution of 1.8 ns.This demonstrates that the BESⅢ-type RPC can work in the avalanche mode as well.     

An Efficient Procedure to Identify and Quantify New Molecules for Insulating Gas Mixtures

In this contribution, a new procedure to systematically identify and quantify novel molecular gases with low global warming potential for application in high voltage insulation as gas mixtures is presented. The attention is focused on highly efficient procedures to be able to scan a large number of candidate gases. To identify new molecules, we derived an empirical correlation between the electric strength of a gas and certain molecular properties, like polarizability or dipole moment, which can be calculated by means of density functional theory. The swarm parameters of these pre‐selected molecules in mixtures with buffer gases is then quantified, using a newly set‐up Pulsed Townsend experiment. The setup operates with a high degree of automation to enable systematic evaluation of gas mixtures not to miss possible synergistic effects. Key element of this PT setup is a new photocathode that works with a high quantum efficiency and long lifetime even when exposed to reactive species during the measurements. Moreover, for an automated operation it is important to know precisely in which range the experiment can be operated, i.e. for example to know up to which electron density space charge effects can be neglected. Finally, the measured swarm parameters need to be translated into breakdown voltage strengths of different electrode arrangements and different applied voltage wave shapes. For this, a model of the the streamer to leader transition in SF6 will be applied to other strong electronegative gases in future studies to test if the model is universally valid. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Measurement of avalanche size and position resolution of RPCs with different surface resistivities of the high voltage provider

The effects of surface resistivity of the high voltage provider on the space dispersion of the induced charge of a prototype Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) have been studied experimentally and theoretically. The results of both experiment and theory agree and confirm that a two-Gaussian function can be used to fit the dispersion of the induced charge of the RPC. It is shown that the Gaussian function with the narrower width is mainly due to the expansion of the avalanche charge in the gas gap of the RPC, and the Gaussian function with the larger width is due to the charge dispersion when it passes through the resistive carbon film. This will be useful in the RPC design when one wants to make an RPC with high position resolution.     

Measurement of avalanche size and position resolution of RPCs with different surface resistivities of the high voltage provider

The effects of surface resistivity of the high voltage provider on the space dispersion of the induced charge of a prototype Resistive Plate Chamber （RPC） have been studied experimentally and theoretically. The results of both experiment and theory agree and confirm that a two-Gaussian function can be used to fit the dispersion of the induced charge of the RPC. It is shown that the Gaussian function with the narrower width is mainly due to the expansion of the avalanche charge in the gas gap of the RPC, and the Gaussian function with the larger width is due to the charge dispersion when it passes through the resistive carbon film. This will be useful in the RPC design when one wants to make an RPC with high position resolution.     

Laser Triggering through Fiber Optics of a Low Jitter Spark Gap

An optical filter is employed to transport a 15-ns light pulse from a high power ruby laser for precise triggering of a gas filed high voltage spark gap. The maximum power density that can be transmitted by the fiber is limited to 6 × 1012 W/m2 above which laser induced damage occurs on the fiber entrance face. The overall throughput efficiency of the optical system was measured as 62 percent. Results are presented for the switching delay time and associated jitter for various mixtures of A and N2 gas, and as a function of the voltage across a pulse-charged Blumlein generator gap. Pulse charging of the Blumlein generator was accomplished by a three-stage Marx generator, resulting in output voltages up to 250 kV. It was conclusively demonstrated that an optical fiber will transport a sufficiently intense laser pulse to evince subnanosecond jitter in the triggering of a pressurized gas switch under the conditions studied.