Performance of photomultiplier tubes and sodium iodide scintillation detector systems
Abstract
The performance of photomultiplier tubes (PMT's) and scintillation detector systems incorporating 50.8 by 1.27 cm NaI (T l) crystals was investigated to determine the characteristics of the photomultiplier tubes and optimize the detector geometry for the Burst and Transient Source Experiment on the Gamma Ray Observatory. Background information on performance characteristics of PMT's and NaI (T l) detectors is provided, procedures for measurement of relevant parameters are specified, and results of these measurements are presented.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981STIN...8121280M
- Keywords:
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- Gamma Ray Observatory;
- Photomultiplier Tubes;
- Scintillation Counters;
- Sodium Iodides;
- Spacecraft Instruments;
- Crystals;
- Housings;
- Linearity;
- Performance Tests;
- Pulse Amplitude;
- Space Commercialization;
- Spaceborne Experiments;
- Variance (Statistics);
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering