Influence of variable tungsten valency on optical transmittance and radiation hardness of lead tungstate (PWO) scintillation crystals

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

Volumn 505, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 656-662

  Burachas, S ^a   Beloglovski, S ^a   Makov, I ^a   Saveliev, Y ^a   Ippolitov, M ^b   Manko, V ^b   Nikulin, S ^b   Nyanin, A ^b   Vassiliev, A ^b   Apanasenko, A ^c   Tamulaitis, G ^d  

^a North Crystals Company   (Russian Federation)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Kharkov University   (Ukraine)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Czochralski method; Lead tungstate; PWO; Radiation detectors; Radiation hardness; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OXIDATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMODYNAMICS; TUNGSTEN;

SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0038017309     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00991-4     Document Type: Article

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