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On the Contribution of the Additional Component of the Ionization Current to the Formation of the Output Pulse of the Ionization Fission Chamber

12/14/2022 2022 - #04 Physics in nuclear power engineering

Glazyuk Ya.V. Alferov V.P. Salamaha B.S. Veselov I.G.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.4.09

UDC: 621.039.5; 539.1.074.22

TThe article presents the results of a study of the pulse characteristics of the the fission chambers KNK15-1, KN 010 and KN 042 with different geometry of the electrode system.

The authors reveal differences in the distributions of the amplitude spectra of pulses from fission fragments for fission ionization chambers of various geometries for different directions of the electric field in the interelectrode space.

It is also shown that, for fission chambers (FC) with a plane-parallel electrode system (KNK 15-1), a change in the direction of the electric field in the interelectrode space does not lead to noticeable differences in the amplitude spectra of pulses from fission fragments, i.e., there is no dependence of the charge generated in the FC pulse on the polarity of the power supply.

Changing the direction of the electric field in the interelectrode space of the FC with the coaxial geometry of the electrode system (KN 010, KN 042) leads to differences in the amplitude spectra of pulses from fission fragments and, as a result, differences in charges in the FC pulse.

An analysis of the dependence of the distribution of the amplitude spectra of the fission chamber pulses on the direction of the electric field in the interelectrode space has made it possible for the first time to demonstrate the presence of an additional charge component in the FC pulse, which can significantly affect the neutron detection efficiency of FCs with a cylindrical electrode system. In quantitative terms, the contribution of the additional component for the studied FCs can reach 20–23%.

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Link for citing the article: Glazyuk Ya.V., Alferov V.P., Salamaha B.S., Veselov I.G. On the Contribution of the Additional Component of the Ionization Current to the Formation of the Output Pulse of the Ionization Fission Chamber. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika. 2022, no. 4, pp. 102-111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2022.4.09 (in Russian).

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