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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Angelone, M.
• Battistoni, G.
• Bellini, F.
• Bocci, V.
• Collamati, F.
• De Lucia, E.
• Faccini, R.
• Ferroni, F.
• Fiore, S.
• Marafini, M.
• Materazzo, D.
• Mattei, I.
• Morganti, S.
• Patera, V.
• Piersanti, L.
• Pillon, M.
• Recchia, L.
• Russomando, A.
• Sarti, A.
• Sciubba, A.
• Camillocci, E. Solfaroli
• Voena, C.

Titel

Properties of para-Terphenyl as a Detector for \alpha , \beta and \gamma Radiation

Ist Teil von

• IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 2014-06, Vol.61 (3), p.1483-1487

Ort / Verlag

IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Organic scintillators are often chosen as radiation detectors for their fast decay time and their low Z, while inorganic ones are used when high light yields are required. In this paper we show that a para-terphenyl based detector has a blend of properties of the two categories that can be optimal for energy and position measurements of low-energy charged particles. Using 0.1% diphenylbutadiene doped para-terphenyl samples we measured a light attenuation length λ = 4.73 ±0.06 mm, a quenching factor for α particles Q α = (10.7 ±0.6), and a rejection power ranging between 3 - 11% for 660 keV photons, with respect to electrons of the same energy, depending on the signal threshold. A simulation based on FLUKA properly reproduces the experimental data distributions.