Trends and patterns of scintillator nonproportionality

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3320-3331

  Khodyuk, Ivan V ^a   Dorenbos, Pieter ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy resolution; halides; nonproportionality; oxides; photon response; radiation detector; scintillation mechanism; scintillator

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HALIDES; NONPROPORTIONALITY; PHOTON RESPONSE; SCINTILLATION MECHANISMS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OXIDES; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84871398216     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2012.2221094     Document Type: Article

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