Color coding of the two-dimensional coordinates of events in position-sensitive radiation detectors

Abstract

A new approach to determining the coordinates of events is proposed, which allows the point coordinates on a plane to be determined on line using a virtually single-channel readout system. According to the proposed method of color coding, each element of the area of a detecting target is assigned its color defined as a ratio of the component radiation wavelengths. Defined in this way, the color of the ith point on the mapping plane is in one to one correspondence with the (xi, yi) coordinates of this point on the target.