Radiation hardness of undoped BGO crystals

被引:17
作者
Sahu, SK
Peng, KC
Huang, HC
Wang, CH
Chang, YH
Hou, WS
Ueno, K
Chou, FI
Wei, YY
机构
[1] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,TAIPEI 10764,TAIWAN
[2] NATL CENT UNIV,CHUNGLI 32054,TAIWAN
[3] NATL LIEN HO COLL TECHNOL & COMMERCE,MIAOLI,TAIWAN
[4] KEK,NATL LAB HIGH ENERGY PHYS,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI,JAPAN
[5] NTHU,NUCL SCI & TECHNOL DEV CTR,HSINCHU,TAIWAN
关键词
radiation hardness; radiation damage; EGO; undoped; calorimeter;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00333-1
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We measured the radiation hardness of undoped BGO crystals from two different manufacturers. Such crystals are proposed to be used in a small-angle calorimeter of the BELLE detector of the KEK B-factory. Transparency and scintillation light output of the crystals were monitored to see the effect of radiation damage. The crystals shaw considerable radiation hardness up to 10.2 Mrad equivalent dose, which is much higher than the maximum expected dosage of 500 krad per year of running at BELLE.
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页码:144 / 148
页数:5
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