Assessment of the radiation tolerance of LaBr3:Ce scintillators to solar proton events

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

Volumn 572, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 785-793

  Owens, Alan ^a   Bos, A J J ^b   Brandenburg, S ^c   Buis, E J ^d   Dathy, C ^e   Dorenbos, P ^b   van Eijk, C W E ^b   Kraft, S ^d   Ostendorf, R W ^c   Ouspenski, V ^e   Quarati, F ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Cosine Research BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^e SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

rays; Lanthanum bromide; Scintillation detectors radiation damage

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; IRRADIATION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SENSORS; SILICON; SOLAR RADIATION;

ENERGY THRESHOLD; INVERSE SQUARE SCALING; SOLAR ORBITER MISSIONS; SOLAR PROTON;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 33846975446     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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