Alpha spectroscopy by the Phi 25 mm x 0.1 mm YAlO3:Ce scintillation detector under atmospheric conditions

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.03.017" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.03.017</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.03.017" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.nima.2017.03.017</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Alpha spectroscopy by the Phi 25 mm x 0.1 mm YAlO3:Ce scintillation detector under atmospheric conditions

Original language description

The YAlO3:Ce scintillation crystal has excellent mechanical properties and is not affected if used in chemically aggressive environments. The detector with the diameter of 25.4 mm and thickness of 0.1 mm was coupled with the PMT, associated electronics and the MCA in order to study its alpha spectroscopy properties. The measured alpha spectra of the surface calibration sources of 241Am and 230Th were compared with results of a Monte Carlo simulation. The experiment and the simulation were carried out for three distances between the detector and the surface alpha source in order to assess the effect of the distance on the detected energy of alpha radiation. Finally, the detector was used for the monitoring of radon (222Rn) decay products (radon daughters) in the air. It was concluded that the detector is suitable for the in-situ alpha spectroscopy monitoring under ambient atmospheric conditions. Nevertheless, in order to identify radionuclides and their activity from the measured alpha spectra a computer code would need to be developed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10304 - Nuclear physics

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

ISSN

0168-9002

e-ISSN

1872-9576

Volume of the periodical

856

Issue of the periodical within the volume

June

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

72-76

UT code for WoS article

000400218700011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85014929733