Development and characterization of large la-halide gamma-ray scintillators for future planetary missions

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 873-878

  Kraft, Stefan ^a   Maddox, Erik ^a   Buis, Ernst Jan ^a   Owens, Alan ^b   Quarati, Francesco G A ^b   Dorenbos, Pieter ^c   Drozdowski, Winicjusz ^c,d   Bos, Adrie J J ^c   De Haas, J T M ^c   Brouwer, H ^c   Dathy, Corinne ^e   Ouspenski, Vladimir ^e   Brandenburg, Sytze ^f   Ostendorf, Reint ^f  

^a Cosine Research BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

LaBr3 : Ce; LaCl3 : Ce; Planetary missions; Radiation damage; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

LANTHANUM HALIDES; PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION; PLANETARY MISSIONS;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 34548081124     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.903515     Document Type: Conference Paper

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