Characteristics of a gamma-ray detector using a bismuth germanate scintillator
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- letter
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 53 (8) , 1285-1286
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1137124
Abstract
Characteristics of a gamma‐ray detector that utilizes a 24×24×15‐mm3 bismuth germanate (BGO) scintillator are measured. Fluorescent light output measured with a BGO crystal coupled to a R1306 photomultiplier (Hamamatsu TV) is found to be 15% that of a NaI(T1) scintillator for incident photons of a given energy. The FWHM of the time spectrum, measured with two BGO crystals coupled to R329‐2 photomultipliers, is equal to 2.0 ns for a 68Ge–68Ga source at room temperature.Keywords
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