Design rules for ce-activated scintillating radiation detection materials: Compromises between luminosity and stopping power

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1210-1215

  Webb Robertson, Bobbie Jo M ^a,b   Ferris, Kim F ^a,b   Jones, Dumont M ^c  

^a IEEE

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Proximate Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Efficiency; Informatics; Luminescence; Scintillation detectors

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CERIUM; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CORRELATION METHODS; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LINEAR REGRESSION; LUMINANCE; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION; STRATEGIC MATERIALS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

(PL) PROPERTIES; ATOMIC MASSES; ATOMIC NUMBERING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (CC); DESCRIPTORS; DESIGN RULES; DETECTOR PROPERTIES; DEVELOPMENT METHODS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION (MLR); PREDICTIVE MODELING; PROPERTY (S); RADIATION DETECTION; SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS; SCREENING DESIGNS; SCREENING MODELS; STOPPING POWERS; STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTORS; STRUCTURAL LIMITATIONS; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; VALENCE ELECTRONS;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 45849094111     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.914366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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