Title :
High-speed liquid scintillator techniques for calorimetry and triggering
Author :
Hurlbut, C.R. ; Moser, W. ; Flournoy, J. ; Winn, D.R. ; LaPierre, C. ; Whitmore, M.
Author_Institution :
Bicron Inc., Newbury, OH, USA
fDate :
6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Liquid scintillators with nanosecond temporal properties may be desired for Superconducting Super Collider/Large Hadron Collider high-luminosity calorimetry and triggering. The temporal characteristics of liquid scintillators have been improved with the addition of quenchers for solvent/fluor systems which optimize the Forster transfer, suppressing the triplet states and radiative decay of the solvent. General liquid scintillator property optimization for high-rate calorimetric and trigger counter properties, especially in terms of the hydrogen content, is briefly discussed. Present tests of new hydrogen-free liquid scintillators are presented
Keywords :
calorimeters; scintillation counters; 1 ns; Forster transfer; H content; LHC; Large Hadron Collider; SSC; Superconducting Super Collider; calorimetry; high speed liquid scintillator techniques; solvent/fluor systems; trigger counter; triggering; Absorption; Calorimetry; Energy measurement; Energy resolution; Hydrogen; Large Hadron Collider; Plastics; Radiation detectors; Solvents; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
