Systematic Study of Inorganic and Organic Scintillator Light Yields

Abstract

Light yields in novel inorganic scintillators CeBr3 and SrI2:Eu were obtained using a photomultiplier tube operated as a photodiode with unity gain and previously measured light yield of LaBr3:Ce as a standard. The light yields of CeBr3 and SrI2:Eu were 60,000 photons/MeV and 130,000 photons/MeV, respectively. Light yields of some of the popular organic scintillators were also obtained.