FIELD ENHANCED RESPONSE OF A CSI PHOTOCATHODE TO BAF2 AND KMGF3 SCINTILLATION

Authors
BUZULUTSKOV A BRESKIN A CHECHIK R VARTSKY D
Citation
A. Buzulutskov et al., FIELD ENHANCED RESPONSE OF A CSI PHOTOCATHODE TO BAF2 AND KMGF3 SCINTILLATION, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 350(1-2), 1994, pp. 406-408
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
350
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
406 - 408
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)350:1-2<406:FEROAC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We present the electric field enhanced response of a CsI photocathode to gamma-ray induced UV-scintillation of BaF2 and KMgF3 crystals. The photocurrent enhancement, at a field of 400 kV/cm, is of a factor of 1 .5 for KMgF3 and 3 for BaF2.