PrBr3: Ce3+: A new fast lanthanide trihalide scintillator

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3028-3030

  Birowosuto, M D ^b   Dorenbos, P ^b   Van Eijk, C W E ^a,b   Kramer K W ^c   Gudel H U ^c  

^a IEEE

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lanthanide trihalides; PrBr3: Ce3+; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTONS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SCINTILLATION;

ATOMIC NUMBERS; LANTHANIDE TRIHALIDES; PRBR3: CE3+;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 33750406512     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.880969     Document Type: Article

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