Characterization of some modern scintillators recommended for use on large fusion facilities in γ-ray spectroscopy and tomographic measurements of γ-emission profiles
Sibczynski Pawel,
Broslawski Andrzej,
Gojska Aneta,
Kiptily Vasili,
Korolczuk Stefan,
Kwiatkowski Roch,
Mianowski Slawomir,
Moszyński Marek,
Rzadkiewicz Jacek,
Swiderski Lukasz,
Szydlowski Adam,
Zychor Izabella
Affiliations
Sibczynski Pawel
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Broslawski Andrzej
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Gojska Aneta
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Kiptily Vasili
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), Culham Science Centre, OX14 3DB, Abingdon, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Korolczuk Stefan
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Kwiatkowski Roch
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Mianowski Slawomir
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Moszyński Marek
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Rzadkiewicz Jacek
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Swiderski Lukasz
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Szydlowski Adam
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
Zychor Izabella
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Swierk, Poland
LaBr3:Ce,CeBr3 and GAGG:Ce scintillators were investigated and the determined characteristics were compared with those obtained for the well-known and widely used CsI:Tl and NaI:Tl crystals. All the detectors were of the same size of 10 × 10 × 5 mm3. The aim of this test study was to single out scintillation detectors most suitable for γ-ray spectrometry and γ-ray emission radial profile measurements in high-temperature plasma experiments. Decay time, energy resolution, non-proportionality and full energy peak detection efficiency ere measured for γ-ray energies up to 1770 keV. Due to their good energy resolution, short decay time and high detection efficiency for MeV gamma rays, LaBr3:Ce and CeBr3 scintillators are proposed as the best candidates for use especially under conditions of high count rates, which are expected in the forthcoming DT experiments.
