Investigation of Inorganic Scintillators with MPPC Arrays for Alpha Particle Spectroscopy

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Investigation of Inorganic Scintillators with MPPC Arrays for Alpha Particle Spectroscopy

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Investigation of Inorganic Scintillators with MPPC Arrays for Alpha Particle Spectroscopy

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20201 - Electrical and electronic engineering

Projekt

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Návaznosti

R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název statě ve sborníku

2025 International Conference on Applied Electronics (AE)

ISBN

979-8-3315-3647-3

ISSN

1803-7232

e-ISSN

1805-9597

Počet stran výsledku

5

Strana od-do

117-121

Název nakladatele

IEEE

Místo vydání

Piscataway

Místo konání akce

Pilsen, Czech Republic

Datum konání akce

8. 9. 2025

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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