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S&M1614 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2018.1926 Published: July 27, 2018 Scintillation Characteristics of Pr:CaF2 Crystals for Charged-particle Detection [PDF] Noriaki Kawaguchi, Hiromi Kimura, Masaki Akatsuka, Go Okada, Naoki Kawano, Kentaro Fukuda, and Takayuki Yanagida (Received January 22, 2018; Accepted June 8, 2018) Keywords: scintillator, luminescence, scintillation, single crystal, fluoride
The scintillation properties of Pr:CaF2 were studied in comparison with those of Eu:CaF2 under α-ray excitation using a sealed source of 241Am. The relative light yields of the Pr:CaF2 crystals were approximately 0.6–13% of the Eu:CaF2 crystal that is known as a conventional scintillator for charged-particle detection. The scintillation decay times of the Pr:CaF2 crystals were significantly faster than that of the Eu:CaF2 crystal. Therefore, the Pr:CaF2 crystals can be used for charged-particle measurements with high count rates.
Corresponding author: Noriaki KawaguchiCite this article Noriaki Kawaguchi, Hiromi Kimura, Masaki Akatsuka, Go Okada, Naoki Kawano, Kentaro Fukuda, and Takayuki Yanagida, Scintillation Characteristics of Pr:CaF2 Crystals for Charged-particle Detection, Sens. Mater., Vol. 30, No. 7, 2018, p. 1585-1590. |