A NEW EXTRUDED SCINTILLATION MADE OF COMMERCIAL POLYSTYRENE

Authors
ANANEV VK BAZILEVSKII AV DURUM AA DYACHKOV B MAYATSKII VA SEMENOV VK SOLDATOV AP
Citation
Vk. Ananev et al., A NEW EXTRUDED SCINTILLATION MADE OF COMMERCIAL POLYSTYRENE, Instruments and experimental techniques, 41(1), 1998, pp. 44-48
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Engineering
Journal title
Instruments and experimental techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
00204412
Volume
41
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
44 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-4412(1998)41:1<44:ANESMO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A new extruded scintillator made of a technical-grade commercial polys tyrene (PS) is described. The light yield of the new device is compara ble with that of a scintillator obtained by way of PS polymerization a nd is virtually independent of the particular method of melt processin g (extrusion or cast molding). Use of the extrusion technologies marke dly reduces the cost of the scintillator. The attenuation length with respect to the intrinsic emission is about 30 cm, which is quite satis factory for using the new scintillator in wide-aperture hodoscope dete ctors and cell calorimeters with WLS or optical-fiber readout.