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Experimental efforts and results in finding new heavy scintillators
Abstract
New heavy scintillators are being discovered with increasing frequency. In recent years NaI(Tl) (with its high light output and energy resolution) has been joined by BGO (with its high stopping power), BaF{sub 2} (with its excellent timing resolution), and CeF{sub 3} (with its speed and short Moliere radius). More than 10 potentially useful scintillators have been under development in the past five years, such as PbSO{sub 4} and Lu{sub 2}SiO{sub 5}(Ce). We tabulate the characteristics of these and other scintillators, including wavelength, luminous efficiency, decay time, and initial intensity. We describe a search strategy and the prospects for finding the ``ideal`` heavy scintillator, which would combine the light output of NaI(Tl) and CsI(Tl), the stopping power of BGO, and the speed of BaF{sub 2} and ZnO(Ga).
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 10149934
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-33295; CONF-9209253-4
ON: DE93010406; CNN: Grant R01-CA48002
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Crystal 2000 international workshop on heavy scintillators for scientific and industrial applications,Chamonix (France),22-26 Sep 1992; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECIFICATIONS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; STOPPING POWER; CRYSTALS; RADIATION DETECTION; 440100; RADIATION INSTRUMENTATION
Citation Formats
Derenzo, S E, and Moses, W W. Experimental efforts and results in finding new heavy scintillators. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
Derenzo, S E, & Moses, W W. Experimental efforts and results in finding new heavy scintillators. United States.
Derenzo, S E, and Moses, W W. 1992.
"Experimental efforts and results in finding new heavy scintillators". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10149934.
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title = {Experimental efforts and results in finding new heavy scintillators},
author = {Derenzo, S E and Moses, W W},
abstractNote = {New heavy scintillators are being discovered with increasing frequency. In recent years NaI(Tl) (with its high light output and energy resolution) has been joined by BGO (with its high stopping power), BaF{sub 2} (with its excellent timing resolution), and CeF{sub 3} (with its speed and short Moliere radius). More than 10 potentially useful scintillators have been under development in the past five years, such as PbSO{sub 4} and Lu{sub 2}SiO{sub 5}(Ce). We tabulate the characteristics of these and other scintillators, including wavelength, luminous efficiency, decay time, and initial intensity. We describe a search strategy and the prospects for finding the ``ideal`` heavy scintillator, which would combine the light output of NaI(Tl) and CsI(Tl), the stopping power of BGO, and the speed of BaF{sub 2} and ZnO(Ga).},
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year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
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