Measurements of NaI(Tl) electron response: Comparison of different samples

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 331-336

  Hull, Giulia ^a   Choong, Woon Seng ^b   Moses, William W ^b   Bizarri, Gregory ^b   Valentine, John D ^a   Payne, Stephen A ^a   Cherepy, Nerine J ^a   Reutter, Bryan W ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonproportionality; Radiation detector; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; RADIATION DAMAGE; SCINTILLATION;

ELECTRON RESPONSE; LIGHT YIELDS; NONPROPORTIONALITY; RADIATION DETECTOR; SCINTILLATOR;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 60449109159     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2009876     Document Type: Article

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