Exploring next-generation scintillation materials

Scintillation materials convert high-energy radiation into many visible photons and, in combination with a photodetector, are used as ionizing radiation detectors. Since the discovery of ionizing radiation, there have been intensive research efforts in finding new, better performing scintillators, resulting in the development of a large variety...

CeBr3 Scintillator Development for Possible Use in Space Missions

CeBr3 crystals have been studied to assess their utility as potential gamma ray spectrometers for future ESA planetary missions. Pulse height spectra, scintillation time profiles, X-ray excited emission spectra, and photoluminescence spectra have been recorded as a function of temperature between 78 and 600 K. In addition, the influence of...