Response of LaBr(sub 3)(Ce) Detector to 2-11 MeV Gamma Rays.

Seabury, E. H. ; Wharton, J. C. ; Caffrey, A. J.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Scintillation detectors;    Cerium;    Gamma detectors;    Radiation detectors;    Lanthanum bromide;   

RP-ID  :  DE2007911790

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The development of lanthanum halide scintillation detectors has great potential application in field-portable prompt-gamma neutron activation analysis systems. Because the low-energy response of these detectors has already been well-characterized (1(-(2))), we have measured their response to higher energy gamma rays in the region between 2 and 11 MeV. We have measured the response of a 2-inch (5.08 cm) by 2-inch long LaBr3(Ce) detector to high energy gamma rays produced by neutron interactions on chlorine, hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur. The response of the LaBr3(Ce) detector is compared to that of HPGe and NaI(Tl) detectors.