TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental investigation of bubble occurrence and locality distribution of bubble detectors bombarded with high-energy helium ions
AU - Guo, S. L.
AU - Doke, T.
AU - Zhang, D. H.
AU - Li, L.
AU - Chen, B. L.
AU - Kikuchi, J.
AU - Hasebe, Nobuyuki
AU - Terasawa, K.
AU - Hara, K.
AU - Fuse, T.
AU - Yasuda, N.
AU - Murakami, T.
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Large-sized bubble detectors with microscopic droplets of superheated liquids of dichlorodifluoromethane (Freon-12), dichlorotetrafluoroethane (Freon-114), tetrafluoroethane (Freon-134a), and mixture of Freon-12 and Freon-114, respectively, were irradiated with 150 MeV/amu helium ions at the HIMAC accelerator in NIRS, Chiba, Japan. Distributions of bubbles produced by the helium ions have been studied in each type of the detectors. The origin of the bubbles has been investigated. The detection efficiency of each type of the bubble detectors for helium ions with respect to the energy of the ions has been obtained. The phenomenon of bubble occurrence and its possible applications to the determination of He intensity from accelerators, research of track formation mechanism, energy loss straggling and neutron detection in the space and at higher altitude are discussed.
AB - Large-sized bubble detectors with microscopic droplets of superheated liquids of dichlorodifluoromethane (Freon-12), dichlorotetrafluoroethane (Freon-114), tetrafluoroethane (Freon-134a), and mixture of Freon-12 and Freon-114, respectively, were irradiated with 150 MeV/amu helium ions at the HIMAC accelerator in NIRS, Chiba, Japan. Distributions of bubbles produced by the helium ions have been studied in each type of the detectors. The origin of the bubbles has been investigated. The detection efficiency of each type of the bubble detectors for helium ions with respect to the energy of the ions has been obtained. The phenomenon of bubble occurrence and its possible applications to the determination of He intensity from accelerators, research of track formation mechanism, energy loss straggling and neutron detection in the space and at higher altitude are discussed.
KW - Bubble detectors
KW - Cosmic rays
KW - Detection efficiency of bubble detector for helium ions
KW - High-energy helium ions
KW - Space neutron detection
KW - Track formation mechanism
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U2 - 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.10.008
DO - 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.10.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84877693353
SN - 1350-4487
VL - 50
SP - 31
EP - 37
JO - Radiation Measurements
JF - Radiation Measurements
ER -