Energy resolution limits of amplified scintillators

In this paper, we analyze the potential improvement in the statistical limit to the energy resolution of a scintillator using a scintillator amplification technique. The work excludes potentially complicating factors, such as non-linearity in light yield, since these factors are dependent upon the particular choice of detector materials. The results show that energy resolutions typical of semiconductors are technically feasible for scintillators. In the example presented, introducing scintillation multiplication improved the energy resolution limit from a few percent to below 1%.