Influence of the Working Gas Properties on the Anode Wire Modulation Effect of MWPC

TL;DR

This study uses simulations to analyze how different gas properties affect the anode wire modulation in MWPC detectors, highlighting electron diffusion as a key factor influencing detector performance.

Contribution

The paper provides a simulation-based analysis of how working gas properties impact the anode wire modulation effect in MWPCs, emphasizing the role of electron diffusion.

Findings

Higher X-ray cross section gases do not significantly improve modulation.

Electron diffusion coefficient is the main factor affecting modulation.

Gas choice should focus on diffusion properties for better detector performance.

Abstract

For MWPC used for X-ray position detection, simulation study of the anode wire modulation effect of the detector was carried out with Garfield program. Different gas mixtures were used as the working gas in the simulation, so as to obtain the influence of the X-ray cross section and electron diffusion coefficient of the working gases on the anode wire modulation effect of MWPC which has a anode wire spacing of 2mm. Results show that, though working gas with higher X-ray cross section implies a larger average drift distance of ionized electrons, using of such gas mixtures is of little use to improve the anode wire modulation effect of MWPC. And the transverse electron diffusion coefficient is the determining factor that affects the extent of the anode wire modulation effect of the detector.