Scintillation detector 905
gamma ray

scintillation detector
scintillation detector
scintillation detector
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Characteristics

Detected entity
scintillation
Technology
gamma ray

Description

A gamma ray interacting with a scintillator produces a pulse of light that is converted to an electric pulse by a photomultiplier tube (PMT). The PMT consists of a photocathode, a focusing electrode, and 10 or more dynodes that multiply the number of electrons striking at each dynode. A chain of resistors typically located in a plug-in tube base assembly biases the anode and dynodes. Complete assemblies including the scintillator and PMT are available. The properties of a scintillation material required to produce a good detector are transparency, availability in large size, and large light output proportional to gamma-ray energy. Few materials have good properties for detectors. Thallium-activated sodium iodide [NaI(Tl and cesium iodide [CsI(Tl crystals are commonly used, as well as a wide variety of plastics. CsI(Tl) and plastics have much faster light decay times than NaI(Tl) and are primarily used for timing applications. The high Z of iodine in NaI(Tl) crystals result in high efficiency for gamma-ray detection. Resolution for a 3-inch diameter by 3-inch length crystal is typically about 7% for 137Cs and slightly worse for larger sizes. The light decay time constant for a NaI(Tl) crystal is about 0.23 µs. Typical charge-sensitive preamplifiers translate this into an output voltage pulse with a rise-time of about 0.5 µs.

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