TY - JOUR
T1 - Response characteristics of GSO(Ce) crystal to intermediate-energy α-particles
AU - Imamura, M.
AU - Yamashita, Y.
AU - Evtoukhovitch, P.
AU - Hohara, S.
AU - Kalinikov, V.
AU - Kallies, W.
AU - Khumutov, N.
AU - Kin, T.
AU - Kuchinski, N.
AU - Maki, D.
AU - Matsufuji, N.
AU - Moisenko, A.
AU - Mzavia, D.
AU - Samoilov, V.
AU - Tsamalaidze, Z.
AU - Uozumi, Y.
AU - Wakabayashi, G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank staff of the RCNP and HIMAC for their support for our experiment. The present work was carried out under the programs E174 and E193 at RCNP, and the Research Project with Heavy Ions at NIRS-HIMAC, 15P164.
PY - 2006/8/1
Y1 - 2006/8/1
N2 - Characteristics of a GSO(Ce) crystal were investigated in terms of the light output response and the peak-to-total efficiency for impinging intermediate-energy α-particles. Experiments were carried out using α-particles of energies ranging from 143 to 718 MeV with primary α beams of 400 and 718 MeV. It has been demonstrated that the experimental results are explained well by calculations in the same manner as for protons and deuterons. In particular, no particle identity dependence of scintillation quenching phenomena have been observed between protons, deuterons and α-particles. Furthermore, good linearity is confirmed in the higher energy range up to 718 MeV. The peak-to-total efficiency was accounted for by calculations using α-nucleus reaction cross-sections.
AB - Characteristics of a GSO(Ce) crystal were investigated in terms of the light output response and the peak-to-total efficiency for impinging intermediate-energy α-particles. Experiments were carried out using α-particles of energies ranging from 143 to 718 MeV with primary α beams of 400 and 718 MeV. It has been demonstrated that the experimental results are explained well by calculations in the same manner as for protons and deuterons. In particular, no particle identity dependence of scintillation quenching phenomena have been observed between protons, deuterons and α-particles. Furthermore, good linearity is confirmed in the higher energy range up to 718 MeV. The peak-to-total efficiency was accounted for by calculations using α-nucleus reaction cross-sections.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2006.04.033
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2006.04.033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745909907
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 564
SP - 324
EP - 327
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 1
ER -