05/09/2011

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I did some counts test like:

The powers were:

PS1 and PS2:  -1000 V
n's: -1100 V

The PMT for n's detectors is PMT HAMAMATSU R580 with supply voltage 1250/1500 V. But I have used the value above, because I though the counts rate was reasonable. See my table below.

The thresholds were:

PS1 and PS2:  -80 mV
n's: -60 mV

Let see what we have. First he CF-243 source is far far away (sealed in the safe):

	counts/min (1 min test)	counts/min (1 min test)	counts/min (5 min test)
PS1	153	170	132.4
PS2	150	173	175.6
PS1+PS2	3.8	5.8
n's	358		373.6

Second the CF-243 source is somewhere aside (on the table 40 - 60 cm away from detectors. That test supposed to be initially as test without CF243 source and I just put the isotope away from detectors somewhere on the table, but as happened the PS detectors was able to see the source):

	counts/min	counts/min
PS1	373 counts/min	362 counts/min
PS2	654 counts/min	656 counts/min
PS1+PS2	2.0	6.0
n's	358 counts/min	368 counts/min

Third the CF-243 source is on the top of PS1:

	counts/min	counts/min
PS1	364,570 counts/min	363,477 counts/min
PS2	19,832 counts/min	19.980 counts/min
PS1+PS2	993	959
n's	369 counts/min	352 counts/min

What about the PS's detectors. I can concluded that detectors works good, detects the cosmic, and increase the counts as the external source approaches the detectors.

What about the n's detector. The counts rate is basically the same with and without the source CF243. So what we are really detect? Cosmic? Then why the rate does not depend from source. Some internal noise? But why the count rate are so big?

I am going to increase the power supply for HAMAMATSU, adjust threshold and see what happens.