Optical and scintillation properties of inorganic scintillators in high energy physics

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2425-2431

  Mao, Rihua ^a   Zhang, Liyuan ^a   Zhu, Ren Yuan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal; Emission; Light output; Refractive index; Scintillator; Temperature dependence; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IONIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LUTETIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOSPHORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; YTTRIUM;

CRYSTAL; EMISSION; LIGHT OUTPUT; SCINTILLATOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMITTANCE;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 53349099229     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2000776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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