DocumentCode
904624
Title
A measurement of the light yield of common inorganic scintillators
Author
Holl, I. ; Lorenz, E. ; Mageras, G.
Author_Institution
Max Planck Inst. fur Phys. & Astrophys., Munich, West Germany
Volume
35
Issue
1
fYear
1988
Firstpage
105
Lastpage
109
Abstract
The light yield in photons per magaelectronvolt of some common inorganic scintillating crystals has been measured with silicon photodiodes. Incident particles are gammas in the 1-MeV region. The light signal was calibrated against 60-keV gammas converted directly in the photodiode depletion layer. Among the tested materials CsI(Tl) gave the highest light yield of 52000 photons/MeV deposited energy.<>
Keywords
gamma-ray detection and measurement; scintillation counters; CsI:Tl; gammas; inorganic scintillators; light yield; Cathodes; Diodes; Extraterrestrial measurements; Optical coupling; Optical surface waves; Photodiodes; Photonic crystals; Q measurement; Resins; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/23.12684
Filename
12684
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