Nonproportionality of scintillator detectors: Theory and experiment

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2506-2512

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

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonproportionality; Radiation detector; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DYNAMICS; DEPOSITED ENERGY DENSITY; ELECTRON ENERGIES; EXCITON-EXCITON ANNIHILATION; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; LIGHT YIELD; NONPROPORTIONALITY; ONSAGER; SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; SCINTILLATORS;

CURVE FITTING; DETECTORS; EXCITONS; IONIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 69549086737     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2023657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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