LOW DOSE-RATE IRRADIATION SET-UP FOR SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS

Authors
DAMBROSIO C ERCOLI C JAASKELAINEN S ROSSO E WICHT P
Citation
C. Dambrosio et al., LOW DOSE-RATE IRRADIATION SET-UP FOR SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 388(1-2), 1997, pp. 119-126
Citations number
7
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
388
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
119 - 126
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)388:1-2<119:LDISFS>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
With a 1 Ci Co-60-source we measured the radiation damage and its reco very in PbWO4 crystals. The method consists in measuring the anode cur rent produced in the silicon diode of a Hybrid PhotoMultiplier Tube (H PMT) during the irradiation of the crystal. At regular time intervals, we took photon counting spectra with the same HPMT. By checking the r esulting channel positions of the photoelectron peaks, we controlled t he stability of our experimental set-up. Temperature control and monit oring were achieved by forced thermostatized water circulation inside the irradiation box and by using a PT100 and two AD590 temperature pro bes. First results on irradiations of a few PbWO4 crystals are present ed and future plans are communicated.