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Title: First test of LSO scintillators for Positron Lifetime Spectroscopy
Author(s): M. Haaks Person, R. Valentini and R. Vianden
Journal: Phys. Status Solidi C
Year: 2007
Volume: 4
Issue: 10
Pages: 4036--4039
Publisher: WILEY-VCH Verlag
DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200675869
ISSN: 1610-1642
File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssc.200675869
Abstract: Lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) was employed as scintillator material in a positron lifetime (PALS) fast-slow spectrometer. Compared to the widely used BaF2 scintillator material, LSO has a single exponential decay with 40 ns, a high density of 7.49 g/cm3, an effective nuclear charge of 65.8 and a superb light output. With this features photon rates above 5 × 106 should be possible, which affords to obtain lifetime spectra within a period of minutes. The physical and mechanical properties make LSO attractive as scintillator material for PALS measurements. The capability of LSO for PALS was studied and compared to BaF2. As a first test of the spectrometer, a lifetime spectrum of well annealed nickel was measured and analyzed. (© 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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