Kanai S. Shah, J. Glodo, M. Klugerman, W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, M. Weber
{"title":"LaBr/ sub3 /:用于伽马射线光谱的Ce闪烁体","authors":"Kanai S. Shah, J. Glodo, M. Klugerman, W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, M. Weber","doi":"10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239275","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we report on a relatively new scintillator - LaBr/sub 3/ for gamma ray spectroscopy. Crystals of this scintillator have been grown using Bridgman process. This material when doped with cerium has high light output (/spl sim/60,000 photons/MeV) and fast principal decay constant (/spl les/25 ns). Furthermore, it shows excellent energy resolution for /spl gamma/-ray detection. Energy resolution of 3.2% (FWHM) has been achieved for 662 keV photons (/sup 137/Cs source) at room temperature. High timing resolution (260 ps FWHM) has been recorded with LaBr/sub 3/-PMT and BaF/sub 2/-PMT detectors operating in coincidence mode using 511 keV positron annihilation /spl gamma/-ray pairs. Details of its scintillation properties, and variation of these properties with changing cerium concentration are reported. Potential applications of this material are also addressed.","PeriodicalId":385259,"journal":{"name":"2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2002-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"73","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"LaBr/sub 3/:Ce scintillators for gamma ray spectroscopy\",\"authors\":\"Kanai S. Shah, J. Glodo, M. Klugerman, W. W. Moses, S. E. Derenzo, M. Weber\",\"doi\":\"10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239275\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"In this paper, we report on a relatively new scintillator - LaBr/sub 3/ for gamma ray spectroscopy. Crystals of this scintillator have been grown using Bridgman process. This material when doped with cerium has high light output (/spl sim/60,000 photons/MeV) and fast principal decay constant (/spl les/25 ns). Furthermore, it shows excellent energy resolution for /spl gamma/-ray detection. Energy resolution of 3.2% (FWHM) has been achieved for 662 keV photons (/sup 137/Cs source) at room temperature. High timing resolution (260 ps FWHM) has been recorded with LaBr/sub 3/-PMT and BaF/sub 2/-PMT detectors operating in coincidence mode using 511 keV positron annihilation /spl gamma/-ray pairs. Details of its scintillation properties, and variation of these properties with changing cerium concentration are reported. Potential applications of this material are also addressed.\",\"PeriodicalId\":385259,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record\",\"volume\":\"7 1\",\"pages\":\"0\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2002-11-10\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"73\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239275\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"\",\"JCRName\":\"\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239275","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
LaBr/sub 3/:Ce scintillators for gamma ray spectroscopy
In this paper, we report on a relatively new scintillator - LaBr/sub 3/ for gamma ray spectroscopy. Crystals of this scintillator have been grown using Bridgman process. This material when doped with cerium has high light output (/spl sim/60,000 photons/MeV) and fast principal decay constant (/spl les/25 ns). Furthermore, it shows excellent energy resolution for /spl gamma/-ray detection. Energy resolution of 3.2% (FWHM) has been achieved for 662 keV photons (/sup 137/Cs source) at room temperature. High timing resolution (260 ps FWHM) has been recorded with LaBr/sub 3/-PMT and BaF/sub 2/-PMT detectors operating in coincidence mode using 511 keV positron annihilation /spl gamma/-ray pairs. Details of its scintillation properties, and variation of these properties with changing cerium concentration are reported. Potential applications of this material are also addressed.