Published August 15, 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Further results on cerium fluoride crystals

Creators

  • 1. Brookhaven National Lab. (United States)
  • 2. Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research, Bombay (India)
  • 3. Physics Inst., RWTH Aachen (Germany)
  • 4. St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Inst. (Russian Federation)
  • 5. Lund Univ. (Sweden)
  • 6. LPCML of Lyon, CNRS and Claude Bernard Univ., Villeurbanne (France)
  • 7. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (United States)
  • 8. LAPP, IN2P3-CNRS, Annecy-le-Vieux (France)
  • 9. IPN of Lyon, IN2P3-CNRS and Claude Bernard Univ., Villeurbanne (France)
  • 10. Inst. of Physiscs, Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 11. Inst. of Atomic Physics (IFA), Bucharest (Romania)
  • 12. INFN, Rome (Italy)
  • 13. ENEA Casaccia, Rome (Italy)
  • 14. Ancona Univ. and INFN-Bologna, Ancona (Italy)
  • 15. Ancona Univ. and INFN-Rome, Ancona (Italy)
  • 16. DAPNIA, Saclay (France)
  • 17. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

A systematic investigation of the properties of cerium fluoride monocrystals has been performed by the 'Crystal Clear' collaboration in view of a possible use of such crystals for the construction of high precision electromagnetic calorimeters for the future generation of high luminosity accelerators. A large sample of different crystals grown by several producers has been studied. The spectroscopic characteristics, the transmission, luminescence and excitation spectra and the decay time curves are analysed. The light yield of the different crystals is measured with photomultipliers and Si photodiodes and compared to reference standards like BGO and NaI(Tl). The radiation damage behaviour is then presented for γ and neutron irradiations, at different doses and dose rates, including thermal and optical bleaching. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
332
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 373-394.
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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