CeBr3 as a room-temperature, high-resolution gamma-ray detector

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 608, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 297-304

  Guss, Paul ^a   Reed, Michael ^a   Yuan, Ding ^a   Reed, Alexis ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sanjoy ^a  

^a NATIONAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinium 227; Alpha contaminant; Cerium tribromide; Halides; High resolution detector; Lanthanum tribromide; Rare earth compounds; Scintillator; Scintillator materials; Self activity

Indexed keywords

ACTINIUM-227; ALPHA-CONTAMINANT; HALIDES; HIGH-RESOLUTION DETECTOR; RARE-EARTH COMPOUNDS; SCINTILLATOR; SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS; SELF-ACTIVITY;

ACTINIUM; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STARS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 69249120336     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.06.096     Document Type: Article

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