Waveshifters and scintillators for the detection of ionizing radiation

Author

Ruchti, R. ; Karmgard, D. ; Albrecht, M. ; Andert, K. ; Anselmino, P. ; Baumbaugh, B. ; Bishop, J. ; Clendenen, V. ; Dauerty, H. ; Dreher, D. ; Hurlbut, C. ; Jensen, M. ; Kamat, N. ; Marchant, B. ; Marchant, J. ; McKenna, M. ; Rozzi, A. ; Slusher, A. ; So

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

19-25 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1086

Abstract

New waveshifter and scintillator materials are under development for use in detecting charged particles in tracking applications and for detecting showering particles in calorimetric applications. Goals have been to identify and produce fast and efficient dye materials that fluoresce in the middle of the visible spectrum where polystyrene and polyvinyltoluene have good optical transparency, to replace existing materials currently in use in the field of particle physics. As a result of this study, several fluorescent dyes have been identified with fast and efficient emission, that fluorescence in the green (λ ∼ 490-520 nm), and from these a number waveshifter and scintillator materials have been fabricated.

Keywords

fluorescence; solid scintillation detectors; calorimetric applications; detecting charged particles; ionizing radiation detection; polystyrene; polyvinyltoluene; scintillators; showering particles; tracking applications; visible spectrum; waveshifters; Fluorescence; Ionizing radiation; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Physics; Radiation detectors; Sampling methods; Solid scintillation detectors; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8257-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2003.1351881

Filename

1351881