Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Studying the spectrometric characteristics of an ionizing-radiation detector based on a LaBr3(Ce) scintillator and a silicon photomultiplier

  • Nuclear Experimental Technique
  • Published:
Instruments and Experimental Techniques Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The intrinsic background of a LaBr3(Ce) scintillator with a diameter of 5 mm and a height of 10 mm has been studied in comparison with LYSO and CeBr3 scintillators. It is shown that due to its high energy resolution the detector based on a LaBr3(Ce) crystal exhibits the lowest background count rate in a specified amplitude range. The measured energy resolution of the detector based on a LaBr3(Ce) crystal with dimensions of Ø5 mm × 10 mm in combination with a silicon photomultiplier with an active area of 3 × 3 mm2 are presented. It is demonstrated that a detector array with the proposed configuration (a scintillator + a silicon photomultiplier enclosed in a common container) exhibits an energy resolution of 4% for 661.7-keV γ rays and a background count rate of ~0.39 cps in the energy range of (140 ± 3σ) keV.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Belyaev, V.N., Brantova, T.S., Vorob’ev, K.A., Gorskii, E.V., Grachev, V.M., Kantserov, V.A., Krutikova, M.M., and Shmeleva, A.P., Medits. Fiz., 2012, no. 2, p. 49.

    Google Scholar 

  2. daCosta, F.E., Rela, P.R., de Oliveira, I.B., Pereira, M.C.C., and Hamada, M.M., IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symp. Conf. Rec., 2005, vol. 5, p. 2890. doi 2890. doi 10.1109/NSSMIC. 2005.1596935

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Bolozdynya, A.I., Vorob’ev, K.A., Evgrafova, E.I., Zhukov, K.I., Kantserov, V.A., Sosnovtsev, V.V., Filippov, D.E., and Yagnyukova, A.K., Instrum. Exp. Tech., 2015, vol. 58, no. 1, p. 153. doi 10.7868/S0032816215010152

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Klemin, S., Kuznetsov, Yu., Filatov, L., Buzhan, P., Dolgoshein, B., Il’in, A., and Popova, E., Elektron.: Nauka, Tekhnol., Biznes, 2007, no. 8, p. 80.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Berdnikova, A.K., Dubinin, F.A., Kantserov, V.A., Orlov, A.D., Pereyma, D.U., Shmurak, S.Z., and Zhukov, K.I., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 2016, vol. 675, p. 042047. doi 10.1088/1742-6596/675/4/042048

    Google Scholar 

  6. Iyudin, A.F., Bogomolov, V.V., Svertilov, S.I., Yashin, I.V., Klassen, N.V., Orlov, A.D., and Shmurak, S.Z., Instrum. Exp. Tech., 2009, vol. 52, no. 6, p. 774.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Yurov, V.N., Trofimov, Yu.A., Lupar’, E.E., Kotov, Yu.D., Kochemasov, A.V., Zhuchkova, E.A., Shmurak, S.Z., and Orlov, A.D., Yadern. Fiz. Inzhin., 2013, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 91.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Conti, M., Eriksson, L., and Hayden, C., IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 2011, vol. 58, no. 3, p. 687. doi 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874240

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Simutin, A.S., Chernov, M.Yu., Gasanov, A.A., Orlov, A.D., Klassen, N.V., and Shmurak, S.Z.,Instrum. Exp. Tech., 2013, vol. 56, no. 5, p. 531. doi 10.1134/S0020441213050084

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute National Research Nuclear University, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    A. K. Berdnikova, V. V. Dmitrenko, V. A. Kantserov & D. Yu. Pereima

  2. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. K. Berdnikova, F. A. Dubinin, K. I. Zhukov & V. A. Kantserov

  3. Institute of Solid-State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, 142432, Russia

    N. V. Klassen, A. D. Orlov & S. Z. Shmurak

Authors
  1. A. K. Berdnikova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. F. A. Dubinin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. V. Dmitrenko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. K. I. Zhukov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. V. A. Kantserov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. N. V. Klassen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. A. D. Orlov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. D. Yu. Pereima
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. S. Z. Shmurak
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to F. A. Dubinin.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © A.K. Berdnikova, F.A. Dubinin, V.V. Dmitrenko, K.I. Zhukov, V.A. Kantserov, N.V. Klassen, A.D. Orlov, D.Yu. Pereima, S.Z. Shmurak, 2017, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2017, No. 2, pp. 29–34.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Berdnikova, A.K., Dubinin, F.A., Dmitrenko, V.V. et al. Studying the spectrometric characteristics of an ionizing-radiation detector based on a LaBr3(Ce) scintillator and a silicon photomultiplier. Instrum Exp Tech 60, 182–187 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441217010183

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441217010183

Search

Navigation