Absolute light yield determination for LGSO:Ce, CWO, ZnSe:Al, and GSO:Ce crystals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1236-1240

  Grinyov, Boris V ^a   Ryzhikov, Vladimir D ^a   Sidletskiy, Oleg Ts ^a   Onyshchenko, Gennadiy M ^a   Galkin, Sergey N ^a   Ivanov, Alexey I ^a   Tarasov, Vladimir A ^a   Zelenskaya, Olga V ^a   Kurtsev, Daniil A ^a   Piven, Leonid A ^a   Zenya, Igor M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Crystals; Lutetium compounds; Scintillation detectors; Zinc compounds

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE LIGHT YIELD; INTRINSIC RESOLUTION; LIGHT COLLECTION; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; DETECTORS; LIGHT EMISSION; NEUTRON DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77953924017     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2047732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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