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Response and noise characteristics of small-sized inorganic and organic scintillation detectors measured with vacuum and solid-state photodetectors

Creators

  • 1. Kharkiv National University named V.N. Karazin, Kharkiv, Svobody square, 4, 61022 Ukraine (Ukraine)
  • 2. Institute for Scintillation Materials, Kharkiv, Lenin Avenue, 60, 61001 Ukraine (Ukraine)
  • 3. Space Research Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, 20014 Finland (Finland)

Description

Response and noise properties of scintillation detectors were investigated using a 137Cs radioactive source. The experimental setup consisted of a scintillator, photodetector, amplifier, and spectrometric analog-to-digital converter. Small-sized, cubic crystals were manufactured of stilbene, p-terphenyl and thallium-doped cesium iodide, as well as of a plastic scintillator material based on polystyrene. Vacuum and solid-state photomultipliers and a silicon PIN photodiode were used as photodetectors. The energy equivalent noise was determined for all used photodetectors. The response of various scintillators when using vacuum and semiconductor photomultipliers was found to be closely similar.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.10.051

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2011.10.051;
PII
S0168-9002(11)02003-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
664
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 148-153
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44010677
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
AMPLIFIERS; ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; CESIUM 137; CESIUM IODIDES; CRYSTALS; DOPED MATERIALS; GAMMA SOURCES; NOISE; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; POLYSTYRENE; RADIATION SOURCES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; STILBENE; TERPHENYLS; THALLIUM ADDITIONS; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALLOYS; AROMATICS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM HALIDES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; INORGANIC PHOSPHORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODIDES; IODINE COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PETROCHEMICALS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOTUBES; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; POLYOLEFINS; POLYPHENYLS; POLYVINYLS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; THALLIUM ALLOYS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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