Working With Some Of The Newer High-Z Scintillators

J. G. Laros

doi:10.1117/12.962567

27 November 1989 Working With Some Of The Newer High-Z Scintillators

J. G. Laros

Proceedings Volume 1159, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962567
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

We have performed simple laboratory studies of several of the newer high-Z inorganic scintillators, with a primary goal of evaluating their relative merits as sensors for space-borne instruments. It is appropriate to consider using one of these materials when high light output can be exchanged for some other beneficial property, such as higher stopping power (bismuth germanate), superior resistance to radiation damage (barium fluoride), or fast decay time (barium fluoride and pure cesium iodide). Our work has revealed or confirmed other important characteristics both favorable and unfavorable of these newer scintillators. For example, the temperature dependence and particle species dependence of the fast and slow scintillation output of barium fluoride and pure cesium iodide will be described.

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J. G. Laros "Working With Some Of The Newer High-Z Scintillators", Proc. SPIE 1159, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics, (27 November 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962567

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