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Studying the spectrometric characteristics of an ionizing-radiation detector based on a LaBr3(Ce) scintillator and a silicon photomultiplier
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 resolut...
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Studying the characteristics of the spectrometric detector based on a LaBr3:Ce crystal and a ФЭУ-184 photomultiplier tube
Results of investigations of the scintillation detector based on a LaBr3:Ce crystal and a ФЭУ-184 photomultiplier tube are presented. It is shown that, optimizing the ФЭУ-184 photomultiplier tube circuit by readi...
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Spectroscopy of composite scintillators
The spectral and temporal characteristics of X-ray luminescence of composites consisting of microparticles of “heavy” components (oxides, fluorides, sulfates) and an organic polymer binder containing optically...
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Pulsed X-ray luminescence of composites consisting of inorganic particles and organic phosphors
A fast luminescence component with a duration of ∼2 ns has been observed upon pulsed X-ray excitation of composites composed of microparticles of a heavy constituent (heavy-metal oxides and fluorides) and opti...
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Peculiarities of intrinsic background in LaBr3: Ce and CeBr3 scintillating crystals
The intrinsic background was measured in LaBr3:Ce and CeBr3 scintillating crystals grown at the Institute of Solid-State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The measurements were taken in the range of γ-r...
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Scintillation fibers and nanoscintillators for improving the spatial, spectrometric, and time resolution of radiation detectors
Experimental examples demonstrate a significant improvement of the most important parameters (sensitivity; spatial, spectrometric, and time resolution; and radiation hardness) of radiation detectors with sensi...
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Peculiarities of nanostructured silicon carbide films and coatings obtained by novel technique
A new method has been developed for obtaining various versions of nanostructured SiC films and coatings, whose structure can be altered in a controlled way for different applications. The films and coatings ob...
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New shaped ceramics based on silicon carbide
New techniques have been developed for producing inexpensive shaped SiC ceramics with certain structure and porosity for a wide variety of applications. These techniques are based on the interaction of silicon...
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Neutron detectors based on silicon photomultipliers
Neutron detectors comprising a new type of photosensors—silicon photomultipliers—coupled to a single-crystal LiI(Eu) scintillator and a 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) scintillation screen are described. These detectors are compact...
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Optical phonon spectra of lutetium fluoride, oxyfluoride, and lutetium oxide nanoparticles
Nano-and microcrystalline LuF3 phases have been synthesized with particle sizes of 30 nm and 30 μm, respectively. Analysis of the IR reflection spectra measured at T = 300 K showed that the nanophase differs from...
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“Isomorphous” phases in nanodispersed powders of rare-earth oxides
Using x-ray diffraction, a structural state consisting of two “isomorphous” phases was revealed in nanocrystalline powders of simple oxides Re 2O3 (Re = Eu, Gd, La, Lu) and Y3Ga5O12 prepar...
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Properties of the microhardness of single-crystal C60 fullerite in sclerometric tests
The mechanical properties of single-crystal fcc C60 fullerite are investigated by sclerometry and precision contact profilometry. Quantitative estimates are obtained for the microhardness anisotropy on the (100) ...
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Formation and growth of an α-PbF2 phase during the plastic deformation of β-PbF2 crystals
The microstructure of strained β-PbF2 crystals is investigated by optical and scanning electron microscopy. It is established that the α-PbF2 previously observed by x-ray diffraction methods during the straining ...
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Infrared Reflectivity, Inelastic Light Scattering and Energy Gap in a Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors
Below 93K the spectra of FIR reflection and inelastic light scattering of Y-Ba-Cu-O samples reveal the peculiarities related with superconducting gap and optical phonons. The magnitude of the gap is found to be 2...