New scintillators for focal plane detectors in gamma-ray missions

Ernst-Jan Buis; Marco Beijersbergen; Stefan Kraft; Alan Owens; Francesco Quarati; Sytze Brandenburg; Reint Ostendorf

doi:10.1007/s10686-006-9027-4

New scintillators for focal plane detectors in gamma-ray missions

Ernst-Jan Buis^*, Marco Beijersbergen, Stefan Kraft, Alan Owens, Francesco Quarati, Sytze Brandenburg, Reint Ostendorf

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Recent developments of cerium-doped lanthanum-halide scintillators like LaBr3:Ce show a remarkable performance in gamma-ray spectroscopy. When high energy resolution in combination with stopping power is required they provide excellent gamma-ray detector candidates for the use in space missions. Moreover, irradiation tests have shown that such detectors are radiation tolerant. In this paper we discuss a possible application of LaBr in nuclear astrophysics missions. We show results on recent proton irradiation tests at KVI in Groningen (NL) and discuss the damage and activation effects after irradiation. A possible implementation for a focal plane detector in a gamma-ray telescope and the expected performance is presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	335-341
Number of pages	7
Journal	Experimental Astronomy
Volume	20
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-006-9027-4
Publication status	Published - Dec-2005
Event	Workshop on Focusing Telescopes in Nuclear Astrophysics - , France Duration: 12-Sept-2005 → 15-Sept-2005

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nuclear astrophysics
scintillators
LaBr
gamima-ray spectroscopy

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