• Title of article

    Eu2+-activated BaCl2, BaBr2 and BaI2 scintillators revisited

  • Author/Authors

    Yan، نويسنده , , Zewu and Gundiah، نويسنده , , Gautam and Bizarri، نويسنده , , Gregory A. and Samulon، نويسنده , , Eric C. and Derenzo، نويسنده , , Stephen E. and Bourret-Courchesne، نويسنده , , Edith D.، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    83
  • To page
    87
  • Abstract
    We present new results obtained from single crystals of Ba binary halides of BaCl2, BaBr2 and BaI2 activated with Eu2+. While these compounds were known as scintillator materials, due to improvements in the crystal growth process and availability of higher purity compounds, we obtained crystals with better performances than what have been reported before. The luminosities of BaCl2:5%Eu2+, BaBr2:5%Eu2+ and BaI2:5%Eu2+ are about 90%, 70% and 60%, respectively, of their theoretical limit.
  • Keywords
    scintillation properties , Barium iodide , Barium bromide , Barium Chloride , ?-ray detectors , X-ray detectors
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2010825