Inorganic Scintillators for Detector Systems Physical Principles and Crystal Engineering /

• Main Authors: Lecoq, Paul (Author), Gektin, Alexander (Author), Korzhik, Mikhail (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: Particle Acceleration and Detection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear medicine.; Particle acceleration.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Engineering > Materials.; Materials science.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Materials Engineering.; Crystallography and Scattering Methods.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Nuclear Medicine.

This second edition features new chapters highlighting advances in our understanding of the behavior and properties of scintillators, and the discovery of new families of materials with light yield and excellent energy resolution very close to the theoretical limit. The book focuses on the discovery...

Table of Contents:

• Preface to the Second edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Scintillation and Inorganic Scintillators
• How User’s Requirements Influence the Development of Scintillators
• Addressing the Increased Demand for Fast Timing
• Scintillation Mechanisms in Inorganic Scintillators
• Energy Resolution and Non-proportionality of Scintillators
• Influence of the Crystal Structure Defects on Scintillation Properties
• Charged Hadron Radiation Damage of Scintillators
• Crystal Engineering
• Examples of Recent Crystal Development
• Conclusion
• Index.