Comparison of gamma-ray detectors: Scintillators, scintillating fibers, and semiconductors
- Los Alamos National Lab., CA (United States)
New scintillators that have advantages relative to NaI(Tl) and BGO include GSO, LSO, YAP, and BaF{sub 2}. GSO, for example, is very radiation hard, and BaF{sub 2} is very fast. Scintillating fibers, which allow good spatial resolution and complex geometries, have been used extensively in high energy physics, but they can also be used at lower energies. Semiconductors such as germanium, silicon, CdTe, CdZnTe, and HgI{sub 2} can provide good resolution. The proliferation of types has made selection of a gamma-ray detector for a particular application difficult. The authors compare the different types and give examples of choices that have been made for laboratory experiments, portable instruments, and space applications.
- OSTI ID:
- 199765
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941129-; TRN: 95:005652-0263
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13. international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry, Denton, TX (United States), 7-10 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Thirteenth international conference on the application of accelerators in research and industry; Duggan, J.L.; Morgan, I.L. [eds.]; PB: 201 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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