Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Pages: 569-573

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volume number: 63

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0018-9499

eISSN: 1558-1578

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2015.2505716

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Abstract: 
Presently, there is a demand to apply high-quality lead tungstate (PbWO4, PWO) scintillation material for electromagnetic calorimetry (EMC). Unfortunately, the mass production of lead tungstate using the Czochralski method was stopped after shut down of Bogoroditsk Technological Chemical Plant (Bogoroditsk, Russia). CRYTUR (Turnov, Czech Republic) having long time experience and the necessary technology in the development and mass production of oxide crystals expressed their interest in meeting PWO requirements for the high-energy physics community. Last year the development of lead tungstate crystals was started by CRYTUR. Several series of samples were produced under different technical conditions. All test crystals are being characterized with respect to light yield, scintillation kinetics, photoluminescence, optical transmittance and radiation hardness studied by gamma-ray irradiation in laboratories at Giessen and Minsk. The obtained results confirmed that the technological approach of CRYTUR will allow to produce PWO crystals with properties very close to the PWO-II specifications of the PANDA experiment at FAIR (Darmstadt, Germany).

Harvard Citation style: Borisevich, A., Dormenev, V., Houzvicka, J., Korjik, M. and Novotny, R. (2016) New Start of Lead Tungstate Crystal Production for High-Energy Physics Experiments, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 63(2), pp. 569-573. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2015.2505716

APA Citation style: Borisevich, A., Dormenev, V., Houzvicka, J., Korjik, M., & Novotny, R. (2016). New Start of Lead Tungstate Crystal Production for High-Energy Physics Experiments. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 63(2), 569-573. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2015.2505716