Published September 11, 2008
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Journal article
Scintillation studies of Bi4Ge3O12 (BGO) down to a temperature of 6 K
- 1. Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen (Switzerland)
- 2. Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Campus Universitaire d'Orsay, Bat121, 91405 Orsay (France)
- 3. Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH (United Kingdom)
Description
The scintillation light response and the decay time constant of Bi4Ge3O12 (BGO) were measured down to a temperature of 6 K using a multi-photon counting technique. The light response of BGO was confirmed to be temperature independent below 100 K and an estimate of the light yield was made, giving a value of 23,700±2600 ph/MeV. The temperature dependence of the scintillation decay time constant is interpreted using a simple three-level model for the emission centre which agrees well with the experimental data over the temperature range investigated
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.008Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.008;
- PII
- S0168-9002(08)00919-4;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 594
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 358-361
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40036527
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DECAY; MEV RANGE; MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES; PH VALUE; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY RANGE
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.