Role of nonlinear excitation quenching processes and carrier diffusion on the nonproportionality of light yield in scintillators

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5 PART 2, 2012, Pages 2045-2051

  Singh, Jai ^a   Koblov, Alexander ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bimolecular and Auger quenching rates; influence of carrier mobility on the light yield; nonlinear quenching processes; nonproportionality in light yield of scintillators

Indexed keywords

AUGER PROCESS; AUGER QUENCHING; CARRIER DIFFUSIONS; ELECTRON TRACKS; EXCITATION DENSITY; EXCITED ELECTRONS; FASTER RATES; HIGH CARRIER MOBILITY; HIGH DENSITY; INCIDENT ENERGY; INORGANIC SCINTILLATOR; LIGHT YIELD; MATERIAL PARAMETER; NON-PROPORTIONALITY OF LIGHT YIELD; NONLINEAR EXCITATION; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR PROCESS; NONPROPORTIONALITY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH; QUENCHING PROCESS;

AUGERS; CARRIER MOBILITY; IONIZATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

QUENCHING;

EID: 84867676742     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2012.2212284     Document Type: Article

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