Dependence of scintillation properties on cerium concentration for GPS single crystal scintillators grown by a TSSG method

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1923-1926

  Tsubota, Youichi ^a   Kaneko, Junichi H ^a   Higuchi, Mikio ^a   Shimaoka, Takehiro ^a   Nishiyama, Shusuke ^a   Ishibashi, Hiroyuki ^b   Fujita, Fumiyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b High Performance Materials Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

5D-4F TRANSITIONS; CERIUM CONCENTRATION; CRYSTAL SCINTILLATORS; CZOCHRALSKI FURNACES; GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES; TOP SEEDED SOLUTION GROWTH;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84858626111     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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