The next generation of crystal detectors

Ren-Yuan Zhu

doi:10.1117/12.2190459

4 September 2015 The next generation of crystal detectors

Ren-Yuan Zhu

Proceedings Volume 9593, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XVII; 95930T (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190459
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Crystal detectors have been used widely in high energy and nuclear physics experiments, medical instruments and homeland security applications. Novel crystal detectors are continuously being discovered and developed in academia and in industry. In high energy and nuclear physics experiments, total absorption electromagnetic calorimeters (ECAL) made of inorganic crystals are known for their superb energy resolution and detection efficiency for photon and electron measurements. A crystal ECAL is thus the choice for those experiments where precision measurements of photons and electrons are crucial for their physics missions. For future HEP experiments at the energy and intensity frontiers, however, the crystal detectors used in the above mentioned ECALs are either not bright and fast enough, or not radiation hard enough. Crystal detectors have also been proposed to build a Homogeneous Hadron Calorimeter (HHCAL) to achieve unprecedented jet mass resolution by duel readout of both Cherenkov and scintillation light, where development of cost-effective crystal detectors is a crucial issue because of the huge crystal volume required. This paper discusses several R&D directions for the next generation of crystal detectors for future HEP experiments.

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Ren-Yuan Zhu "The next generation of crystal detectors", Proc. SPIE 9593, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XVII, 95930T (4 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190459

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