Scintillating detectors for low intensity ion beam monitoring

In the framework of the EXCYT radioactive ion beam facility, now under development at LNS Catania, we have developed several devices for beam monitoring. These devices are mainly based on scintillator detectors and photosensors, since they should allow to reconstruct beam informations even when operating at very low intensity, where conventional electrical devices are no longer sensitive. This new class of devices promises to give a good reliability and robustness at a cheap price, and in some case it will also allow counting the beam particles one by one