SCINTILLATOR ANTICOINCIDENCE DETECTOR USING WAVELENGTH-SHIFTING LIGHTGUIDES

Authors
KOTOV YD KUROCHKIN AV SUSLOV AY YUROV VN GALOCHKIN KE MALINOVSKAYA SA KORNILONVSKAYA LD LEBEDEVA LP
Citation
Yd. Kotov et al., SCINTILLATOR ANTICOINCIDENCE DETECTOR USING WAVELENGTH-SHIFTING LIGHTGUIDES, Instruments and experimental techniques, 36(4), 1993, pp. 537-540
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Engineering
Journal title
Instruments and experimental techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
00204412
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Part
1
Pages
537 - 540
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-4412(1993)36:4<537:SADUWL>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The paper describes how wavelength-shifting lightguides made from PMMA can be employed in a scintillator anti-coincidence detector to be use d in the protection system of a coding collimator of a gamma-radiation telescope designed to operate under heavy thermal and mechanical load s, in particular, on board a spacecraft. Wavelength-shifting lightguid es can limit the dimensions-of a structure with 4 pi-geometry. The det ector efficiency is better than 0.99.