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

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 10(11) photons/cm(2). In addition, by setting the detection threshold at 0.1 MeV/mu m, 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.