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- Title
Observation of Single Compton-Electron Tracks in Superfluid Helium-4 and Trace Detection of Metastable Helium Molecules by Laser-Induced-Fluorescence Imaging.
- Authors
J. Wright; W. Rellergert; S. Cahn; A. Curioni; J. Nikkel; D. McKinsey
- Abstract
Abstract  We use laser-induced fluorescence enhanced by a cycling transition to image metastable helium molecules in liquid helium-4. We demonstrate that the method achieves sufficient sensitivity to image the trail of helium molecules that forms along the track of a single high-energy electron created by Compton scattering of a 511 keV gamma ray in liquid helium. The experiments show that a liquid helium detector with optical readout can function as an electron-tracking Compton camera when combined with conventional gamma-ray detectors. The demonstrated sensitivity for imaging helium molecules could also find application in the spectroscopy and imaging of neutrons, detection of electronic and nuclear recoil events, and investigation of superfluid or normal-fluid flow in liquid helium using the molecules as passive tracer particles.
- Subjects
COMPTON electrons; PARTICLE tracks (Nuclear physics); SUPERFLUIDITY; HELIUM isotopes; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID helium; ELECTRON scattering; GAMMA ray detectors
- Publication
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 2010, Vol 158, Issue 1/2, p331
- ISSN
0022-2291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10909-009-0037-2