DocumentCode :
1517572
Title :
Author :
Sasaki, Shinichi ; Tawara, Hiroko ; Saito, Kiwamu ; Shibamura, Eido
Author_Institution :
High Energy Accel. Res. Organ. (KEK), Tsukuba, Japan
Volume :
57
Issue :
3
fYear :
2010
fDate :
6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
1282
Lastpage :
1286
Abstract :
The average energy required to produce one scintillation photon Ws was determined for 662 keV gamma rays in CsI(Tl), CsI(Na), PWO, BGO, YAP(Ce), LSO(Ce), GSO(Ce), CWO, and LaBr3(Ce) crystals from the number of photoelectrons measured by a combination of a crystal and a photomultiplier tube (PMT). The number of scintillation photons was obtained by calculating the collection and conversion efficiency of photons at the PMT photocathode using Monte Carlo simulations and by determining experimentally the photon-to-photoelectron conversion efficiency at the photocathode. Ws determined for CsI(Tl) in the present study agrees well with the theoretical value presented recently.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; gamma-ray detection; photocathodes; photomultipliers; solid scintillation detectors; BGO crystal; CWO crystal; CsI(Na) crystal; CsI(Tl) crystal; GSO(Ce) crystal; LSO(Ce) crystal; LaBr3(Ce) crystal; Monte Carlo simulations; PMT photocathode; PWO crystal; Ws values; YAP(Ce) crystal; average energy; electron volt energy 662 keV; gamma rays; inorganic scintillation crystals; photoelectron number; photomultiplier tube; photon-to-photoelectron conversion efficiency; scintillation photon; Cathodes; Energy measurement; Gamma rays; Luminescence; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photodetectors; Photomultipliers; Photonic crystals; Reflectivity; $W _{s}$
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9499
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2009.2037224
Filename :
5485096
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