Kinetic Monte Carlo model of scintillation mechanisms in CsI and CsI(Tl)

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1251-1258

  Kerisit, Sebastien ^b   Rosso, Kevin M ^b   Cannon, Bret D ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali halides; Cesium iodide; Emission spectra; Gamma ray radiation; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Light yield; Non linearity; Scintillation decay curves; Scintillation mechanisms; Thallium

Indexed keywords

ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THALLIUM;

ALKALI HALIDES; ATOMISTIC REPRESENTATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; DEFECT SITES; DIFFUSION DISTANCE; ELECTRON HOLE PAIR (EHP); EMISSION PEAKING; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESSES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA RAY ENERGIES; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); KINETIC MONTE CARLO (KMC); KINETIC MONTE CARLO (KMC) MODELING; LATTICE (CO); LIGHT YIELD (LY); NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PARAMETERIZED; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; RATE EQUATIONS; RELATIVE INTENSITIES; SCINTILLATION DECAYS; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SCINTILLATION MECHANISMS; SCINTILLATION MODEL; SCINTILLATION PROCESS; SELF TRAPPED HOLES;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 45849109624     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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