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This proceedings book presents dual approaches to examining new theoretical models and their applicability in the search for new scintillation materials and, ultimately, the development of industrial technologies. The ISMART conferences bring together the radiation detector community, from fundamental research scientists to applied physics experts, engineers, and experts on the implementation of advanced solutions. This scientific forum builds a bridge between the different parts of the community and is the basis for multidisciplinary, cooperative research and development efforts. The main goals of the conference series are to review the latest results in scintillator development, from theory to applications, and to arrive at a deeper understanding of fundamental processes, as well as to discover components for the production of new generations of scintillation materials. The book highlights recent findings and hypotheses, key advances, as well as exotic detector designs and solutions, and includes papers on the microtheory of scintillation and the initial phase of luminescence development, applications of the various materials, as well as the development and characterization of ionizing radiation detection equipment. It also touches on the increased demand for cryogenic scintillators, the renaissance of garnet materials for scintillator applications, nano-structuring in scintillator development, trends in and applications for security, and exploration of hydrocarbons and ecological monitoring.

Particle acceleration. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Optical materials. --- Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Measurement Science and Instrumentation. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Optics --- Materials --- Physics --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Acceleration (Mechanics) --- Nuclear physics --- Acceleration --- Scintillators --- Scintillating materials --- Scintillation materials --- Scintillator materials --- Ionization --- Phosphors --- Scintillation counters --- Materials science. --- Physical measurements. --- Measurement   . --- Electronic materials. --- Measuring --- Mensuration --- Mathematics --- Technology --- Metrology --- Physical measurements --- Electronic materials --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Measurements, Physical --- Mathematical physics --- Measurement

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This second edition features new chapters highlighting advances in our understanding of the behavior and properties of scintillators, and the discovery of new families of materials with light yield and excellent energy resolution very close to the theoretical limit. The book focuses on the discovery of next-generation scintillation materials and on a deeper understanding of fundamental processes. Such novel materials with high light yield as well as significant advances in crystal engineering offer exciting new perspectives. Most promising is the application of scintillators for precise time tagging of events, at the level of 100 ps or higher, heralding a new era in medical applications and particle physics. Since the discovery of the Higgs Boson with a clear signature in the lead tungstate scintillating blocks of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter detector, the current trend in particle physics is toward very high luminosity colliders, in which timing performance will ultimately be essential to mitigating pile-up problems. New and extremely fast light production mechanisms based on Hot-Intraband-Luminescence as well as quantum confinement are exploited for this purpose. Breakthroughs such as crystal engineering by means of co-doping procedures and selection of cations with small nuclear fragmentation cross-sections will also pave the way for the development of more advanced and radiation-hard materials. Similar innovations are expected in medical imaging, nuclear physics ecology, homeland security, space instrumentation and industrial applications. This second edition also reviews modern trends in our understanding and the engineering of scintillation materials. Readers will find new and updated references and information, as well as new concepts and inspirations to implement in their own research and engineering endeavors.

Measuring methods in physics --- Experimental nuclear and elementary particle physics --- Physics --- Surface chemistry --- Chemical and physical cristallography --- Rocks. Minerals --- Physical methods for diagnosis --- Materials sciences --- Chemical technology --- meetmethoden --- kristallografie --- materiaalkennis --- deeltjesfysica --- oppervlakte-onderzoek --- kernenergie --- medische beeldvorming --- fysica --- kristallen --- Inorganic scintillators. --- Scintillators --- Particle acceleration. --- Physical measurements. --- Measurement   . --- Engineering—Materials. --- Crystallography. --- Materials science. --- Nuclear medicine. --- Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics. --- Measurement Science and Instrumentation. --- Materials Engineering. --- Crystallography and Scattering Methods. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Nuclear Medicine. --- Atomic medicine --- Radioisotopes in medicine --- Medical radiology --- Radioactive tracers --- Radioactivity --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Leptology --- Mineralogy --- Measuring --- Mensuration --- Mathematics --- Technology --- Metrology --- Physical measurements --- Measurements, Physical --- Mathematical physics --- Measurement --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Acceleration (Mechanics) --- Nuclear physics --- Physiological effect --- Acceleration

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This second edition features new chapters highlighting advances in our understanding of the behavior and properties of scintillators, and the discovery of new families of materials with light yield and excellent energy resolution very close to the theoretical limit. The book focuses on the discovery of next-generation scintillation materials and on a deeper understanding of fundamental processes. Such novel materials with high light yield as well as significant advances in crystal engineering offer exciting new perspectives. Most promising is the application of scintillators for precise time tagging of events, at the level of 100 ps or higher, heralding a new era in medical applications and particle physics. Since the discovery of the Higgs Boson with a clear signature in the lead tungstate scintillating blocks of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter detector, the current trend in particle physics is toward very high luminosity colliders, in which timing performance will ultimately be essential to mitigating pile-up problems. New and extremely fast light production mechanisms based on Hot-Intraband-Luminescence as well as quantum confinement are exploited for this purpose. Breakthroughs such as crystal engineering by means of co-doping procedures and selection of cations with small nuclear fragmentation cross-sections will also pave the way for the development of more advanced and radiation-hard materials. Similar innovations are expected in medical imaging, nuclear physics ecology, homeland security, space instrumentation and industrial applications. This second edition also reviews modern trends in our understanding and the engineering of scintillation materials. Readers will find new and updated references and information, as well as new concepts and inspirations to implement in their own research and engineering endeavors.

Particle acceleration. --- Physical measurements. --- Measurement   . --- Engineering—Materials. --- Crystallography. --- Materials science. --- Nuclear medicine. --- Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics. --- Measurement Science and Instrumentation. --- Materials Engineering. --- Crystallography and Scattering Methods. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Nuclear Medicine.

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This book presents the current advances in understanding of the fast excitation transfer processes in inorganic scintillation materials, the discovery of new materials exhibiting excellent time resolution, and the results on the evaluation of timing limits for scintillation detectors. The book considers in-depth basic principles of primary processes in energy relaxation, which play a key role in creating scintillating centers to meet a growing demand for knowledge to develop new materials combining high energy and time resolutions. The rate of relaxation varies. However, the goal is to make it extremely fast, occurring within the ps domain or even shorter. The book focuses on fast processes in scintillation materials. This approach enables in-depth understanding of fundamental processes in scintillation and supports the efforts to push the time resolution of scintillation detectors towards 10 ps target. Sophisticated theoretical and advanced experimental research conducted in the last decade is reviewed. Engineering and control of the energy transfer processes in the scintillation materials are addressed. The new era in development of instrumentation for detection of ionizing radiation in high- energy physics experiments, medical imaging and industrial applications is introduced. This book reviews modern trends in the description of the scintillation build up processes in inorganic materials, transient phenomena, and engineering of the scintillation properties. It also provides reliable background of scientific and educational information to stimulate new ideas for readers to implement in their research and engineering. The book is aimed at providing a coherent updated background of scientific and instructive information to stimulate new ideas for readers in their research and engineering.

Nuclear physics. --- Heavy ions. --- Spectroscopy. --- Optical materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Solid state physics. --- Crystallography. --- Physical measurements. --- Measurement   . --- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons. --- Spectroscopy/Spectrometry. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Solid State Physics. --- Crystallography and Scattering Methods. --- Measurement Science and Instrumentation. --- Measuring --- Mensuration --- Mathematics --- Technology --- Metrology --- Physical measurements --- Measurements, Physical --- Mathematical physics --- Measurement --- Leptology --- Physical sciences --- Mineralogy --- Physics --- Solids --- Electronic materials --- Optics --- Materials --- Analysis, Spectrum --- Spectra --- Spectrochemical analysis --- Spectrochemistry --- Spectroscopy --- Chemistry, Analytic --- Interferometry --- Radiation --- Wave-motion, Theory of --- Absorption spectra --- Light --- Spectroscope --- Ions --- Atomic nuclei --- Atoms, Nuclei of --- Nucleus of the atom --- Qualitative --- Scintillators. --- Scintillating materials --- Scintillation materials --- Scintillator materials --- Ionization --- Phosphors --- Scintillation counters --- Spectrometry --- Analytical chemistry