MEASUREMENT OF THE PROPERTY OF COOLED LEAD MOLYBDATE AS A SCINTILLATOR

被引:98
作者
MINOWA, M
ITAKURA, K
MORIYAMA, S
OOTANI, W
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113
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D O I
10.1016/0168-9002(92)90945-Z
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 [仪器科学与技术]; 080401 [精密仪器及机械]; 081102 [检测技术与自动化装置];
摘要
Lead molybdate (PbMoO4) is found to be an efficient scintillator when cooled down to liquid nitrogen temperature. The scintillation light of PbMoO4 excited by gamma-rays amounts to as much as 16% of that of NaI(Tl) in the wavelength range between 180 nm and 650 nm and the decay time is as long as 11-mu-s if it is cooled below 100 K. Since Mo-100, whose natural abundance is 9.6%, is a double beta-decay nuclide, the PbMoO4 can be useful for the double beta-decay experiment.
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