Drift tubes of 1.9-mm radius and 25- mu wall thickness were exposed to neutrons and associated gamma radiation from uranium fission at the MIT Research Reactor. In 45 hours of irradiation, the drift tubes received a neutron fluence with energy greater than 0.5 MeV of 1.1*10/sup 13/ cm/sup -2/ And accumulated a charge per wire length of 0.08 coul cm/sup -1/, about that expected for three years of operation at the SSC for a lead scintillator calorimeter at a 1-m radius and for drift tubes at a distance of several tens of centimeters from the beam axis. Measurement of the pulse height, pulse shape, counting rates, andcurrents showed no degradation in drift tube performance. Fast (few nanosecond rise time), sharp (20-ns width) pulses were observed at counting rates of 5 MHz using CF/sub 4/ as the drift gas.
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机译:在MIT研究堆上,将半径为1.9 mm且壁厚为25μ的漂移管暴露于中子和铀裂变引起的相关伽马辐射。在辐照的45小时中,漂移管接收的中子注量能量大于0.5 MeV,为1.1 * 10 / sup 13 / cm / sup -2 /,并且每根导线的长度为0.08 coul cm / sup -1 /,对于半径为1 m的铅闪烁体量热仪和距光束轴数十厘米的漂移管,SSC预计将在SSC运作三年。脉冲高度,脉冲形状,计数率和电流的测量结果显示,漂移管性能没有下降。使用CF / sub 4 /作为漂移气体,以5 MHz的计数速率观察到了快速(上升几纳秒的时间),尖锐(宽度为20 ns)的尖锐脉冲。
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