The light yield nonproportionality component of scintillator energy resolution

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 512-517

  Valentine, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LIGHT YIELD NONPROPORTIONALITY; POISSON PHOTOELECTRON STATISTICS; SCINTILLATOR ENERGY RESOLUTION;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 0032098174     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.682438     Document Type: Article

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