Position-Sensitive Gaseous Photomultipliers: Research and Applications [Kõva köide]

"This book explores the advancement of gaseous detectors as applied for single photon detection, emphasizing emerging perspectives and new ways to apply gaseous detectors across research fields"--

Francke and Peskov introduce this research review with a historical note on the discovery of the quantum in part through the photoelectric effect, and its subsequent cascade of technological applications including single photon detectors. They argue that despite recent advances and prima facie appeal of solid state detectors, gaseous photomultipliers remain the best option in many circumstances for large area devices tolerant of magnetic fields. The authors then present fifteen chapter essays on the research thus far and current challenges and approaches. The first several chapters discuss the basics of photoionization, mechanisms of electron avalanche multiplication, engineering of position and time sensitivity, selection of appropriate gas vapor, liquid and solid photocathodes, and specific materials including cesium salts. The issue is addressed of making photodetectors sensitive not only to UV but also to visible light, as well as a comparison to competing solid-state devices. The end of the book moves to discuss the potential of Cerenkov detectors, the extension of this concept into a variety of RICH detectors and RICH detector testing thus far, and applications of gaseous photomultipliers beyond RICH detectors Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Gaseous photomultipliers are defined as gas-filled devices capable of recording single ultraviolet (UV) and visible photons with high position resolution. Used in a variety of research areas, these detectors can be paired with computers to treat and store imaging information of UV-light. Position-Sensitive Gaseous Photomultipliers: Research and Applications explores the advancement of gaseous detectors as applied for single photon detection. Emphasizing emerging perspectives and new ways to apply gaseous detectors across research fields, this research-based publication is an essential reference source for engineers, physicists, graduate-level students, and researchers.