Characterization of scintillators by modern photomultipliers - A new source of errors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 12-20

  Moszynski M ^a   Szczesniak T ^a   Kapusta, M ^b   Szawlowski, M ^a   Iwanowska, J ^a   Gierlik, M ^a   Syntfeld Kazuch, A ^a   Swiderski L ^a   Melcher, C L ^c   Eriksson, L ^d   Glodo, J ^e  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b PHOTONIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^e RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

BGO; Light output of scintillators; LSO; Photoelectron number; Photomultipliers; Single photoelectron peak; Space charge in photomultipliers

Indexed keywords

BGO; LIGHT OUTPUT; LIGHT OUTPUT OF SCINTILLATORS; SINGLE PHOTOELECTRONS; SPACE CHARGES;

LIGHT EMISSION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

PHOTOELECTRONS;

EID: 77951185659     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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