Radioluminescence and scintillation results of horizontal gradient freeze grown aliovalently-doped CeBr3

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2850-2855

  Harrison, M J ^a   Linnick, C ^a   Montag, B ^a   Brinton, S ^a   McCreary, M ^a   Doty, F P ^b   McGregor, D S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aliovalent doping; Crystal growth; Scintillation detectors; Solid solution hardening

Indexed keywords

ALIOVALENT; ALIOVALENT DOPING; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HORIZONTAL GRADIENT FREEZES; IONIC CRYSTALS; LANTHANIDE HALIDES; LIGHT YIELD; RADIO-LUMINESCENCE; RADIOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SOLID SOLUTION HARDENING; STRENGTHENING AGENTS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HARDENING; LUMINESCENCE; NEUTRON DETECTORS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLIDIFICATION; STRENGTHENING (METAL);

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 67649230828     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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