Computer simulation of electron thermalization in CsI and CsI(Tl)

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Zhiguo ^a   Xie, Yulong ^a   Cannon, Bret D ^a   Campbell, Luke W ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Kerisit, Sebastien ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PHONONS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTRON THERMALIZATION; GAMMA RAY INTERACTIONS; INCIDENT ENERGY; INORGANIC SCINTILLATOR; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT YIELD; LONGITUDINAL OPTICAL; MC SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO; NON-LINEARITY; RAY EXCITATION; SELF-TRAPPED HOLES; THERMALIZATION; THERMALIZATION DISTANCE; THERMALIZATION TIME; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; SCINTILLATION; THALLIUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 80053500356     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3632969     Document Type: Article

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