The response of a CsI(Tl) scintillator with photodiode readout to light particles and heavy ions

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(86)90939-3

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

Volume 252, Issue 1, 15 November 1986, Pages 75-79

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Abstract

The response of a small (1 cm³) CsI(Tl) crystal coupled to a silicon photodiode to light particles and heavy ions has been investigated using proton, alpha and oxygen beams in the energy range 10–25 MeV/n.

Pulse-height resolution of 1.2 and 2.9% [fwhm] have been measured for 98 MeV ⁴He and 278 MeV ¹⁶O. The use of CsI(Tl)-photodiode assembly in nuclear physics experiments with intermediate energy heavy-ions beams is envisaged

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The response of a CsI(Tl) scintillator with photodiode readout to light particles and heavy ions

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Nucl. Phys.

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.

Nucl. Instr. and Meth.