Performances of a CeF3 crystal scintillator and its application to the search for rare processes

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

Volumn 498, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 352-361

  Belli, P ^a   Bernabei, R ^a   Cerulli, R ^a   Dai, C J ^b   Danevich, F A ^c   Incicchitti, A ^d   Kobychev, V V ^c,e   Ponkratenko, O A ^c   Prosperi, D ^d   Tretyak, V I ^c,d   Zdesenko, Yu G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Ukraine)

^d UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^e LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

decay; ratio; Ce isotopes; CeF3 crystal scintillator; Double decay; Pulse shape discrimination

Indexed keywords

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRONS; ISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION;

RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0037431984     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)02106-X     Document Type: Article

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