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...