Abstract
For a given energy deposited, the Fano factor of a scintillator is defined as the ratio of the variance of the number of scintillation photons to the mean number of scintillation photons. Correlations in time between the signals from two photomultiplier tubes collecting light from the same scintillation event were used to estimate the Fano factor of scintillators. At 662 KeV, LaBr3:Ce was found to be sub-Poisson, while YAP:Ce was found to be close to Poisson.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781467398626 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 3 2016 |
Event | 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015 - San Diego, United States Duration: Oct 31 2015 → Nov 7 2015 |
Other
Other | 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015 |
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Country | United States |
City | San Diego |
Period | 10/31/15 → 11/7/15 |
Keywords
- Fano factor
- LaBr:Ce
- non-classical light
- Scintillators
- YAP:Ce temporal correlations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Instrumentation