Novel scintillators with neutron/gamma discrimination, Cs(NH 4)MYX6:Ce3+ (M== Li, Na; X == F, Cl)

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1202-1205

  Van Loef, Edgar V ^a   Wilson, Cody M ^a   Moses, W W ^b   Shah, Kanai S ^a  

^a RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium halides; Elpasolites; Inorganic Scintillators; Neutron detection

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM HALIDES; BROAD BANDS; CORE-VALENCE LUMINESCENCES; DECAY COMPONENTS; ELPASOLITE; ELPASOLITES; FAST NEUTRONS; INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS; NEUTRON DETECTION; NEUTRON-PROTON SCATTERING; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; PULSE HEIGHT SPECTRUM; PULSED X-RAYS; RADIOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; SCINTILLATION DECAY TIME; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; SELF-TRAPPED EXCITON;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; DECAY (ORGANIC); EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITONS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IONIZATION; LIGHT; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRONS; OPTICAL GLASS; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SINTERING; SODIUM; VAPOR PRESSURE;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 67649159905     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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