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The improvement of recent scintillators as elements of contemporary detector platforms is more and more outlined by way of the tip user's wishes. This e-book presents an creation to this rising subject on the interface of physics and fabrics sciences, with emphasis on bulk inorganic scintillators. After surveying the top user's wishes in an unlimited diversity of purposes, starting from astrophysics to business R and D, the authors stream directly to assessment scintillating mechanisms and the homes of an important fabrics used. A bankruptcy on crystal engineering and examples of modern advancements within the box of high-energy physics and scientific imaging introduce the reader to the sensible elements. This booklet will gain researchers and scientists operating in educational and business R and D relating to the advance of scintillators.

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Van Eijk CWE, Andriessen J et al. (1993) Experimental and theoretical studies of cross luminescence In: De Notaristefani F, Lecoq P, Scneegans M (eds) Heavy scintillators for scientific and industrial applications. Frontieres, pp 161–166 32 1 Scintillation and Inorganic Scintillators 99. Van’t Spijker JC (1999) Luminescence and scintillation of Ce3+ doped inorganic materials for gamma-ray detection. Thesis, Delft University Press 100. Optical crystals Merck Ltd catalog (1992) 101. Scintillation detectors Crismatec Saint Gobain Catalog (1992) 102.

Vasil’ev AN (1993) Final stages of inelastic electron scattering: influence of scintillation efficiency. In: De Notaristefani F, Lecoq P, Scneegans M (eds) Heavy scintillators for scientific and industrial applications. Frontieres, pp 126–129 32. Ershow N, Zacharov NG, Rodny PA (1982) Spectral-kinetic study of the intrinsic-luminescence characteristics of a fluorite-type crystal. Optica Spectroskopy 53:89–93 (in Russian) 33. Gudovskikh VA, Ershow NN, Krasilnikov SB et al. (1982) Emission of Singlet and Triplet Excitons in Fluorite-Type Crystals under X-ray Excitation.

02 LuCl3 :Ce 4. 3. Cont. ρ (g cm−3 ) Zeff /photo absorp. 3. Cont. Zeff /photo Y τsc absorp. 5 107, 120 126 132 124 110 110 Remark. The properties of the scintillating materials listed in the table are at room temperature. However, its relatively small radiation length Xo ia a major drawback for very large detectors which need to be as compact as possible (see the next chapter). Among the rare-earth ion-doped crystals, CaF2 :Eu and to some extent LuF3 :Ce have a high-light yield, comparable to oxyde crystals.

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