Study of energy response of Gd2SiO5:Ce3+ scintillator for the ASTRO-E hard X-ray detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3 I, 2001, Pages 379-384

  Uchiyama, Yasunobu ^a,b   Kouda, Manabu ^a,b   Tanihata, Chiharu ^a,b   Isobe, Naoki ^b   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a,b   Murakami, Toshio ^a,b   Tashiro, Makoto ^c   Makishima, Kazuo ^b   Fukazawa, Yasushi ^d   Kamae, Tsuneyoshi ^d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gd2SiO5 (GSO); Scintillator; X ray

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CERIUM; CRYSTALS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; X RAYS;

ENERGY RESPONSE; HARD X-RAY DETECTOR (HXD);

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 0005245805     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.940084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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