Scintillating plastic optical fiber radiation detectors in high energy particle physics

Conference · Sat Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:6264446

Bross, A D

We describe the application of scintillating optical fiber in instrumentation for high energy particle physics. The basic physics of the scintillation process in polymers is discussed first and then we outline the fundamentals of scintillating fiber technology. Fiber performance, optimization, and characterization measurements are given. Detector applications in the areas of particle tracking and particle energy determination are then described. 13 refs., 12 figs.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 6264446
• Report Number(s): FNAL/C-91/291; CONF-9109230-9; ON: DE92004635
• Resource Relation: Conference: SPIE meeting, Boston, MA (United States), 3-6 Sep 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS
PERFORMANCE
OPTICAL FIBERS
POLYSTYRENE
SHOWER COUNTERS
USES
FIBERS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHOSPHORS
PLASTICS
POLYMERS
POLYOLEFINS
POLYVINYLS
RADIATION DETECTORS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
440104* - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation