Scintillation non-proportionality of lutetium- and yttrium-based silicates and aluminates

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 915-919

  Cutler, P A ^a   Melcher, C L ^b   Spurrier, M A ^b   Szupryczynski, P ^c   Eriksson, L A ^d  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Non proportionality; Scintillation; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATOR CONCENTRATION; CO-DOPANT; CO-DOPING; CRYSTAL MATRIX; GAMMA-RAY ENERGY; GROWTH ATMOSPHERE; LIGHT YIELD; LOWER ENERGIES; NON-PROPORTIONALITY; OXYORTHOSILICATES; SCINTILLATORS; SINGLE-PHASE COMPOSITION;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); IONIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; LUTETIUM; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICATES; YTTRIUM;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 67649216781     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2016421     Document Type: Article

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