Design of a gamma threshold detector based on the bubble chamber for high-flux gamma beams.

Abstract

The detection of high-flux gamma beams from laser plasma interactions is always hampered by signal pileup. In this study, a gamma threshold detector based on the bubble chamber is designed to detect high-flux gamma beams. Through simulations, it has been demonstrated that this detector can detect gamma rays with energies above 5 MeV through photonuclear reactions, even at fluences as high as 1011 photons/cm2. In addition, by setting the detection threshold at 0.1 MeV/μm, a yield of up to 10-2 bubbles per gamma interaction can be achieved. Finally, the bubble chamber in the detection of a gamma ray from the inverse Compton scattering process is also discussed.