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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.

Measuring methods in physics --- Experimental nuclear and elementary particle physics --- Physics --- Surface chemistry --- Chemical and physical crystallography --- Rocks. Minerals --- Physical methods for diagnosis --- Materials sciences --- Chemical technology --- meetmethoden --- kristallografie --- materiaalkennis --- deeltjesfysica --- oppervlakte-onderzoek --- kernenergie --- medische beeldvorming --- fysica --- kristallen

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The development of new scintillators as components of modern detector systems is increasingly defined by the end user's needs. This book provides an introduction to this emerging topic at the interface of physics and materials sciences, with emphasis on bulk inorganic scintillators. After surveying the end user's needs in a vast range of applications, ranging from astrophysics to industrial R & D, the authors move on to review scintillating mechanisms and the properties of the most important materials used. A chapter on crystal engineering and examples of recent developments in the field of high-energy physics and medical imaging introduce the reader to the practical aspects. This book will benefit researchers and scientists working in academic and industrial R & D related to the development of scintillators.

Inorganic scintillators --- Scintillateurs inorganiques --- Crystal detectors. --- Inorganic scintillators. --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Nuclear Physics --- Light & Optics --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVPHYSI SPRINGER-B --- Crystal rectifiers --- Physics. --- Nuclear medicine. --- Particle acceleration. --- Condensed matter. --- Physical measurements. --- Measurement. --- Materials science. --- Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Nuclear Medicine. --- Measurement Science and Instrumentation. --- Condensed Matter Physics. --- Crystal sets (Radio) --- Electronic apparatus and appliances --- Radio --- Radio detectors --- Scintillators --- Rectifiers --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Atomic medicine --- Radioisotopes in medicine --- Medical radiology --- Radioactive tracers --- Radioactivity --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Acceleration (Mechanics) --- Nuclear physics --- Physiological effect --- Acceleration --- Measurement   . --- Condensed materials --- Condensed media --- Condensed phase --- Materials, Condensed --- Media, Condensed --- Phase, Condensed --- Liquids --- Matter --- Solids --- Measuring --- Mensuration --- Mathematics --- Technology --- Metrology --- Physical measurements --- Measurements, Physical --- Mathematical physics --- Measurement --- Material science --- Physical sciences

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Measuring methods in physics --- Experimental nuclear and elementary particle physics --- Nuclear physics --- Solid state physics --- Physical methods for diagnosis --- Materials sciences --- Chemical technology --- meetmethoden --- materiaalkennis --- deeltjesfysica --- kernenergie --- medische beeldvorming --- fysica --- fysicochemie