He3Tube Equipment
Analog Signals
He3 Tube neutron detectors are 52 cm long and 1.5 cm radius cylinders, 1200 Volts with EG&G (ortec) pre amp Model 142PC (Serial #787)
Although 1200 Volts is applied to the Ortec Preamp, only 350 Volts is established on the "input" port where the Tube is plugged in. If 1250 Volts is applied, then 366 Volts is observed.
For the TENNELEC you need to apply 1650 Volts to get 362 applied to the Tube
The TENNELEC signal output at 1550 Volts has less noise with signal at about 30 mV compared to the output of the ortec. There is a230 mV DC offset on the output
Output measured by CAEN V785N Peaks sensing ADC
Using a Cf-252 source positions on a shelf below the He-3 tube covered by 2" thick virgin Poly and set to 1250 Volts. Using Ortec pre-amp 142PC serial # 787.
The Timing output of the preamp was sent to an Ortec Timing filter amplifier to be inverted. The Gain was set to x10 and the integrate set to 20 ns.
The Energy output was sent to an Ortec Spectroscopy amplifier model 672. The gain was set to x10 and the shaping time set to 2usec.
Run 6245 has a Cf-252 source place on a shelf approximately 80 cm below the He-3 tube that had been encased in 2" thick virgin poly.
Run 6246 recorded the background observed without the source over a 19 hour period.
The expectation from File:GE ReuterStokes.pdf is
Performed another measurement of the He-3 tube using the Cf-252 source. I used the bipolar output of the ORTEC spec AMP model 672. The He-3 tube is surrounded by a 2" thick layer of virgin poly. The virgin poly is then encased in a 2" layer of lead. The Cf-252 source was placed directly on top of the lead. Below is a measurement recorded in run #6295 taken over a 7 minute period.
If I normalize the rate per cm^2 of detector
