Bismuth silicate Bi4Si3O12, a faster scintillator than bismuth germanate Bi4Ge3O12

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-50

  Kobayashi, Masaaki ^a   Ishii, Mitsuru ^b   Harada, Kenji ^b   Yamaga, Isao ^c  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b SHONAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Futek Furnace Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL GROWTH; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; HARDNESS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PHOTOEMISSION; SCINTILLATION; SILICATES; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

BISMUTH GERMANATE; BISMUTH SILICATES; BRIDGMAN METHOD; DECAY CONSTANTS; EXCITATION SPECTRA; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS EXPERIMENT; LIGHT OUTPUT; OPTICAL ANNEALING; RADIATION HARDNESS;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 0030104857     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(95)01279-6     Document Type: Article

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