Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Pages: 88-91

Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volume number: 931

ISSN: 0168-9002

eISSN: 1872-9576

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.04.034

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
High light yield scintillation materials on the base of lanthanide ions were demonstrated to be a multipurpose scintillation materials. They are widely used to detect gamma-quanta and now become prospective to detect neutrons as well. Neutrons were detected through several distinct low energy gamma-quanta peaks, generated by lanthanide nuclei in the materials under neutrons. Among three crystalline scintillators, namely lutetium oxy-orthosilicate, lanthanum bromide and gadolinium-aluminum-gallium garnet, the Gd3Al2Ga3O12:Ce (GAGG) scintillator showed the best performance and sensitivity due to the low internal background radioactivity and good cross section of neutron capture by natural mixture of the matrix host-creating Gd ions. The material fits the requirements for neutron detector properties - high Gd content and high scintillation light yield, stopping power and reasonable energy resolution for gamma-quanta. These findings create prospects to construct compact multipurpose detectors for space and other application.

Harvard Citation style: Korzhik, M., Brinkmann, K., Dosovitskiy, G., Dormenev, V., Fedorov, A., Komar, D., et al. (2019) Detection of neutrons in a wide energy range with crystalline Gd₃Al₂Ga₃O₁₂, Lu₂SiO₅ and LaBr₃ doped with Ce scintillators, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 931, pp. 88-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.04.034

APA Citation style: Korzhik, M., Brinkmann, K., Dosovitskiy, G., Dormenev, V., Fedorov, A., Komar, D., Kozemiakin, V., Kozlov, D., Mechinsky, V., Zaunick, H., Yashin, I., Iyudin, A., Bogomolov, V., Svertilov, S., & Maximov, I. (2019). Detection of neutrons in a wide energy range with crystalline Gd₃Al₂Ga₃O₁₂, Lu₂SiO₅ and LaBr₃ doped with Ce scintillators. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 931, 88-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.04.034