Exploratory research on the development of novel Ce3+ -activated phosphate glass scintillators

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3692-3702

  Wisniewski, Dariusz ^a,b   Boatner, Lynn A ^a   Ramey, Joanne O ^a   Wisniewska, Monika ^a,c   Neal, John S ^a   Jellison, Gerald E ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Environmental College   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gamma ray detectors; Glass scintillators; Neutron detectors; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; ELECTRON TUBES; FIBER LASERS; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRONS; PHOSPHORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RUBIDIUM; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICATES; SODIUM; STARS; X RAY APPARATUS;

ACTIVATED PHOSPHATES; ALKALINE EARTHS; CO-DOPING; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS; EMITTED PHOTONS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCHES; FAST SCINTILLATORS; GAMMA-RAY; GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; GLASS SCINTILLATORS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; LIGHT YIELDS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHOSPHATE GLASS; POST-SYNTHESIS; PULSE SHAPES; RAY RADIATIONS; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SCINTILLATION PULSE; SILICATE GLASS; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; THERMAL PROCESSING; TIME CONSTANTS; TRI CHLORIDES; TRIVALENT CERIUMS; TRIVALENT STATE; X-RAY DETECTORS;

GLASS;

EID: 58849103952     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2007567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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