Non-proportionality and energy resolution of CsI(Tl)

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1836-1841

  Syntfeld Kaz̀uch, Agnieszka ^a,b   Świderski, Łukasz ^a,b   Czarnacki, Wiesław ^b   Gierlik, Michał ^a,b   Klamra, Włodzimierz ^c   Moszyński, Marek ^a,b   Schotanus, Paul ^d  

^a IEEE   (Poland)

^b SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d SCIONIX Holland BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CsI(Tl); Energy resolution; Non proportionality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATORS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; NON-PROPORTIONALITY; TIME CONSTANTS;

DATA REDUCTION; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 35348975640     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.906168     Document Type: Article

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