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How User’s Requirements Influence the Development of a Scintillator

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Inorganic Scintillators for Detector Systems

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In this chapter we discuss practical scintillation parameters which are relevant from a user’s point of view for the pragmatic choice of an existing or the development of a new scintillator. They are density, operation speed, light yield, identification of particles, production capability, stability under ionizing radiation, durability of operational parameters. We describe five main domains of applications, each of them with its own list of requirements. Firstly, we consider high-energy physics (HEP) and particle detectors because last two decades have seen a new generation of HEP experiments emerging as a driving force for the development of new scintillators. Further, the spectrometry of low energy γ-quanta and nonlinearity of the scintillator response are described. The different medical imaging modalities and applications of scintillation materials in medical diagnostics are then considered. Finally, areas of scintillator applications in security systems as well as in space research and γ-ray astrophysics are discussed.

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(2006). How User’s Requirements Influence the Development of a Scintillator. In: Inorganic Scintillators for Detector Systems. Particle Acceleration and Detection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27768-4_2

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