EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS WITH A LIF(W) SCINTILLATOR

Authors
PRITYCHENKO B DASILVA A SMITH A BARNES PD SADOULET B
Citation
B. Pritychenko et al., EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS WITH A LIF(W) SCINTILLATOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 396(3), 1997, pp. 371-373
Citations number
14
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
396
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
371 - 373
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)396:3<371:EMWALS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We have constructed a scintillation detector using LiF(W) and studied its response to neutron and gamma sources. We could not detect any sig nals from low energy photons because its scintillation efficiency is o nly 6-7% of the efficiency of NaI(Tl). We did observe the Compton edge s due to Cs-137 and K-40 sources. We also observed thermal neutrons by the reaction Li-6(n, alpha)H-3. The thermal neutron peak had a resolu tion (FWHM) of approximate to 17%. Finally, we observed events due to the cosmic ray muon flux in our laboratory.