Investigation of Inorganic Scintillators with MPPC Arrays for Alpha Particle Spectroscopy
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11197793" target="_blank" >https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11197793</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AE66163.2025.11197793" target="_blank" >10.1109/AE66163.2025.11197793</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Investigation of Inorganic Scintillators with MPPC Arrays for Alpha Particle Spectroscopy
Original language description
This work presents the potential of non-traditional scintillators for alpha detection, complemented by MPPC readout. ZnS (Ag) and CsI (TI) scintillators are widely used for alpha particle detection. Inorganic scintillators such as BGO, YSO, GAGG and CaF2 have not been widely studied in alpha spectroscopy, yet they hold considerable research potential. In this study, the performance of different scintillators (BGO, YSO, GAGG and CaF2) complemented by MPPC readout and investigated for alpha spectroscopy in the range of 1 MeV to 5.5 MeV using Pu-238, and Pu-239. Besides these alpha sources, different energies of alpha particles in the range of 1 MeV to 5 MeV were obtained by using air layers with different thicknesses between the source and detector. Alpha particle energy linearity and light output of scintillators were studied. The relative light yield of each scintillator was quantified for 1 MeV alpha particles and 1 MeV gamma rays. The relationship between light yields from alpha and gamma was also investigated. Spectrig electronics was implemented digitizing, and processing signals MPPC array. The results demonstrate valuable information for understanding the suitability between scintillator properties and detection capabilities, offering insights for applications in nuclear physics, radiation monitoring, and spectroscopy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20201 - Electrical and electronic engineering
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
2025 International Conference on Applied Electronics (AE)
ISBN
979-8-3315-3647-3
ISSN
1803-7232
e-ISSN
1805-9597
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
117-121
Publisher name
IEEE
Place of publication
Piscataway
Event location
Pilsen, Czech Republic
Event date
Sep 8, 2025
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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