Needs, Trends, and Advances in Inorganic Scintillators
Christophe DujardinUniversitè de Lyon, Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière UMR 5306, Villeurbanne, FranceE. AuffrayEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, SwitzerlandEdith Bourret-CourchesneLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USAP. DorenbosFaculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The NetherlandsP. LecoqEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, SwitzerlandM. NiklInstitute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech RepublicА. Н. ВасильевSkobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, RussiaAkira YoshikawaInstitute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, JapanR. Y. ZhuCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
2018en
ABI
Abstract
This paper presents new developments in inorganic scintillators widely used for radiation detection. It addresses major emerging research topics outlining current needs for applications and material sciences issues with the overall aim to provide an up-to-date picture of the field. While the traditional forms of scintillators have been crystals and ceramics, new research on films, nanoparticles, and microstructured materials is discussed as these material forms can bring new functionality and therefore find applications in radiation detection. The last part of the contribution reports on the very recent evolutions of the most advanced theories, methods, and analyses to describe the scintillation mechanisms.
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