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Creation of Electron-Hole Pairs in Inorganic Scintillators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Piotr A. Rodnyi ,
Pieter Dorenbos  and
Carel W.E. Van Euk
Piotr A. Rodnyi
Affiliation:
St.Petersburg State Technical University, Department of Experimental Physics, St. Petersburg, Russia Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Physics, Delft, The, Netherlands
Pieter Dorenbos
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Physics, Delft, The, Netherlands
Carel W.E. Van Euk
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Physics, Delft, The, Netherlands
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Abstract

Models are discussed of the first stage of the scintillation mechanism in an inorganic scintillator: the primary interaction and the thermalization process. The model predictionsare compared with experimental results, an extension of the theory is made and conclusions are drawn concerning the best description of the first stage.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 348 , 1994 , 379
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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This study has been supported by The Netherlands Technology Foundation (STW)

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