• DocumentCode
    832871
  • Title

    Precise measurement of Birks kB parameter in plastic scintillators

  • Author

    Hirschberg, M. ; Beckmann, R. ; Brandenburg, U. ; Brückmann, H. ; Wick, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. fur Experimentalphys., Hamburg Univ., Germany
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    8/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    511
  • Lastpage
    514
  • Abstract
    The scintillation response of different types of plastic scintillators to electrons and protons was studied experimentally with high precision. Equivalent electron and proton energies yielding the same amount of light output have been measured. The results were analyzed in terms of a semi-empirical formula proposed by J.B. Birks (1951)
  • Keywords
    scintillation counters; Birks kB parameter; electron energies; electrons; light output; plastic scintillators; proton energies; protons; scintillation response; semi-empirical formula; Electron beams; Electron emission; Energy loss; Energy measurement; Energy resolution; Particle measurements; Plastics; Protons; Pulse measurements; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.159657
  • Filename
    159657