Scintillator non-proportionality: Present understanding and future challenges

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1049-1053

  Moses, W W ^a,b   Payne, S A ^c   Choong, W S ^a,b   Hull, G ^c   Reutter, B W ^b  

^a IEEE

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron response; Non proportionality; Photon response; Scintillation mechanisms; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

CONVERSION FACTORS; COUNTING STATISTICS; ENERGY DEPOSITED; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; FUTURE CHALLENGES; IONIZATION DENSITY; NON-PROPORTIONALITY; SCINTILLATION EFFICIENCY; STRONG CORRELATIONS; VISIBLE PHOTONS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 45849136037     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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