The HOTWAXS detector

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.07.006

Authors: J. E. Bateman (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K.) , G. E. Derbyshire (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K.) , G. Diakun (Diamond Light Source) , D. M. Duxbury (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire) , J. P. A. Fairclough (Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, U.K.) , I. Harvey (STFC Daresbury Laboratory, U.K.) , W. I. Helsby (STFC Daresbury Laboratory, U.K.) , J. D. Lipp (utherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K.) , A. S. Marsh (utherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K.) , J. Salisbury (utherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K.) , G. Sankar (Royal Institution of GB) , E. J. Spill (Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) , R. Stephenson (Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) , N. J. Terrill (Diamond Light Source)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Journal Paper
Journal: Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors And Associated Equipment , VOL 580 (3) , PAGES 1526 - 1535

State: Published (Approved)
Published: October 2007

Abstract: The development and testing of the HOTWAXS position-sensitive X-ray detector for Synchrotron Radiation Sources is described. Funded from a facility development grant, the aim of the project was to produce a high counting rate, parallax-free photon counting detector to be used in the combined studies of X-ray absorption fine structure and X-ray diffraction (XAFS/XRD), and also in the technique of small angle and wide angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS). The detector system is described together with results of experiments carried out at the Daresbury Laboratory Synchrotron Radiation Source.

Journal Keywords: Absorption; Absorption Spectroscopy; Counting Rates; Fine Structure; Photons; Small Angle Scattering; Synchrotron Radiation; Synchrotron Radiation Sources; X Radiation; X-Ray Diffraction; X-Ray Spectroscopy

Subject Areas: Technique Development


Technical Areas: Detectors