Compton Backscattered Photons in Precision Proportional Counter Spectrometry
作者:
R. W. Fink,
B. L. Robinson,
期刊:
Review of Scientific Instruments
(AIP Available online 1956)
卷期:
Volume 27,
issue 9
页码: 712-713
ISSN:0034-6748
年代: 1956
DOI:10.1063/1.1715678
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The importance of Compton backscattering in gas proportional spectrometry in the energy range 10 to 100 kev is pointed out. If the backscattered photons are unresolved from the main peak, a large error may be introduced under certain conditions in absolute and relative intensity measurements based on theoretical quantum efficiency (geometry×absorption); if the backscattered peak is resolved, failure to recognize its origin may result in the ``discovery'' of a new gamma ray. The effect is especially pronounced when a collimator is used to establish geometry; for example, the intensity of backscattered photons can amount to as much as half the intensity of the main peak at 46.5 kev with a ¼‐in. diameter collimator.
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