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Possible application of scintillation detectors with semiconductor PMT for cosmic-neutron and gamma-ray detection

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Solar system planets exploration and cosmic neutrons and gamma-ray flux research have been dynamically evolving for several decades. Different scintillation crystals are used for this purpose along with photo signal receivers, such as vacuum photomultiplier tubes (PMT). Many studies are being performed in order to provide alternative devices for photon signal capture: PIN-diodes,avalanche photodiodes, semiconductor silicon photomultipliers. We study the applicability of a silicon PMT in employing highresolution crystals in space applications.

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  1. Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    M. I. Mokrousov, A. A. Vostrukhin, N. E. Karpushkina & A. V. Malakhov

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Original Russian Text © M.I. Mokrousov, A.A. Vostrukhin, N.E. Karpushkina, A.V. Malakhov, 2016, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2016, Vol. 79, No. 5, pp. 468–474.

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Mokrousov, M.I., Vostrukhin, A.A., Karpushkina, N.E. et al. Possible application of scintillation detectors with semiconductor PMT for cosmic-neutron and gamma-ray detection. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 79, 694–699 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778816050136

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