Stabilizing scintillation detector systems: Determination of the scintillator temperature exploiting the temperature dependence of the light pulse decay time

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 846-850

  Pausch, Guntram ^a   Stein, Jürgen ^a   Teofilov, Nikolai ^a  

^a ICx Radiation   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTOTUBES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DETECTOR SIGNALS; LIGHT PULSE DECAY TIME; SCINTILLATION DETECTION SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 23844490470     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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