SCINTILLATORS AND SEMICONDUCTORS. SCINTILLATION THEORY. NEW SCINTILLATORS. PHOTOMULTIPLIER DEVELOPMENTS. RECORDING PARTICLE TRACKS WITH THE LUMINESCENT CHAMBER. SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1960 · Nucleonics (U.S.) Ceased publication

OSTI ID:4172061

Perl, M L; Jones, L W

The highlights of the Seventh Scintillation Counter Symposium are presented. The reports included information on scintillation theory, new scintillators, photomultiplier development, recording particle tracks, and semiconductor detectors. Present scintillation processes are discussed in an effort to explain low efficiency, crystal response as a function of stopping power, and slow and fast components of pulses from organics. The advantages of improved glasses, neutron-sensitive gases, and CsI as scintillators are discussed. The presentations on the science and technology of photomultipliers show a broad frontal atiack on problems that currently limit the usefulness of the tubes. The properties and applications of luminescent chambers are compared to those for other particle track-recording devices. Semiconductor junction detectors, having already outstripped gridded ion chambers for alpha-particle spectral measurements, are shown to have other applications with further development. (B.O.G.)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• NSA Number: NSA-14-013887
• OSTI ID: 4172061
• Journal Information: Nucleonics (U.S.) Ceased publication, Journal Name: Nucleonics (U.S.) Ceased publication Vol. Vol: 18, No. 5; ISSN NUCLA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ABSORPTION
ALPHA PARTICLES
CESIUM IODIDES
CONFERENCE
ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT
GASES
IONIZATION CHAMBERS
LUMINESCENCE
LUMINESCENT DETECTORS
MEASURED VALUES
NEUTRONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE TRACKS
PERFORMANCE
PHOSPHORS
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
PULSES
RADIATION DETECTORS
RECORDING SYSTEMS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SCINTILLATIONS
SEMICONDUCTORS
SENSITIVITY
SPECTRA
USES