Improvement in radiation hardness of PbWO4 scintillating crystals by La-doping

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作者
Kobayashi, M [1 ]
Usuki, Y
Ishii, M
Yazawa, T
Hara, K
Tanaka, M
Nikl, M
Baccaro, S
Cecilia, A
Diemoz, M
机构
[1] High Energy Accelerator Res Org, KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
[2] Furukawa Co, Iwaki, Fukushima 97011, Japan
[3] Shonan Inst Technol, SIT, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251, Japan
[4] Univ Tsukuba, Inst Phys, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
[5] Inst Phys, Prague 16200, Czech Republic
[6] ENEA, I-00060 Rome, Italy
[7] Univ Roma 1, Dept Phys, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Rome, Italy
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10.1016/S0168-9002(97)01137-6
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
La-doping significantly improves the radiation hardness of PbWO4 against gamma-ray irradiation. The induced absorption coefficient of La-doped samples is as small as 2 m(-1) at 420 nm even at 10(8) rad (10(6) Gy), The radiation-induced phosphorescence is more than three orders of magnitude less in La-doped PbWO4 crystals than in undoped ones. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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