The Quest for the Ideal Scintillator for Hybrid Phototubes

Author

Lubsandorzhiev, Bayarto K. ; Combettes, Bruno

Author_Institution

Inst. for Nucl. Res., Russian Acad. of Sci., Moscow

Volume

55

Issue

3

fYear

2008

fDate

6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1333

Lastpage

1337

Abstract

In this paper we present the results of extensive studies of scintillators for hybrid phototubes with luminescent screens. The results of the developments of the phototubes with a variety of scintillators are presented. New scintillator materials for such kind of application are discussed. The requirements for scintillators to use in such hybrid phototubes are formulated. It is shown that very fast and highly efficient inorganic scintillators like ZnO:Ga will be ideal scintillators for hybrid phototubes with luminescent screens.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; gallium; neutrino detection; photomultipliers; scintillation counters; semiconductor counters; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; PMTs; ZnO:Ga; hybrid phototubes; ideal scintillator; inorganic scintillator materials; luminescent screens; neutrino detection; photomultiplier tubes; Cathodes; Detectors; Diodes; Lakes; Neutrino sources; Photodetectors; Photoelectricity; Preamplifiers; Telescopes; Underwater tracking; Decay time; hybrid phototube; light yield; scintillator; single photoelectron resolution; time resolution;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2008.924060

Filename

4545157