Response of acoustic signals generated in water by energetic xenon ions

✍ Scribed by T. Miyachi; Y. Nakamura; G. Kuraza; M. Fujii; A. Nagashima; N. Hasebe; M.N. Kobayashi; S. Kobayashi; M. Miyajima; O. Okudaira; N. Yamashita; H. Shibata; T. Murakami; Y. Uchihori; N. Okada; T. Tou

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 430 KB
• Volume: 560
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.12.252

✦ Synopsis

The acoustic signals generated by bombarding 400 MeV/n xenon ions in water were studied using an array of piezoelectric lead-zirconate-titanate elements. The observed signal was reduced to a bipolar form through Fourier analysis. The output voltage corresponded to the amount of energy deposit in water, and it tailed off beyond the range of 400 MeV/n xenon in water. This magnitude was explained qualitatively as cumulative processes. Its behavior was consistent with the calculations based on the Bethe-Bloch formula. Possible applications of this detector to radiology and heavily doped radiation detectors are described.