Characterisation of a CeBr3(LB) detector for space application

A. Di Giovanni; L. Manenti; F. Alkhouri; L. R. Alkindi; A. Almannaei; A. Al Qasim; M. L. Benabderrahmane; G. Bruno; V. Conicella; O. Fawwaz; P. Marpu; P. Panicker; C. Pittori; M. S. Roberts; T. Vu; F. Arneodo

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/14/09/P09017

Characterisation of a CeBr₃(LB) detector for space application

A. Di Giovanni, L. Manenti, F. Alkhouri, L. R. Alkindi, A. Almannaei, A. Al Qasim, M. L. Benabderrahmane, G. Bruno, V. Conicella, O. Fawwaz, P. Marpu, P. Panicker, C. Pittori, M. S. Roberts, T. Vu, F. Arneodo

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Abstract

We describe the performance of a 23 × 23 × 30 mm³ low background cerium bromide, CeBr₃(LB), scintillator crystal coupled to a Hamamatsu R11265U-200 photomultiplier. This detector will be the building block for a gamma-ray detector array designed to be the payload for a CubeSat to be launched in 2020. The aim of the mission is to study flashes of gamma rays of terrestrial origin. The design of the detector has been tuned for the detection of gamma rays in the 20 keV-3 MeV energy range.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	P09017
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	14
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/09/P09017
State	Published - Sep 20 2019

Keywords

Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc)
Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (vacuum) (photomultipliers, HPDs, others)
Scintillators and scintillating fibres and light guides
Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)

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Mathematical Physics
Instrumentation

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Giovanni, A. D., Manenti, L., Alkhouri, F., Alkindi, L. R., Almannaei, A., Qasim, A. A., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Bruno, G., Conicella, V., Fawwaz, O., Marpu, P., Panicker, P., Pittori, C., Roberts, M. S., Vu, T., & Arneodo, F. (2019). Characterisation of a CeBr₃(LB) detector for space application. Journal of Instrumentation, 14(9), [P09017]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/09/P09017

Characterisation of a CeBr₃(LB) detector for space application. / Giovanni, A. Di; Manenti, L.; Alkhouri, F.; Alkindi, L. R.; Almannaei, A.; Qasim, A. Al; Benabderrahmane, M. L.; Bruno, G.; Conicella, V.; Fawwaz, O.; Marpu, P.; Panicker, P.; Pittori, C.; Roberts, M. S.; Vu, T.; Arneodo, F.

In: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 14, No. 9, P09017, 20.09.2019.

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Giovanni, AD, Manenti, L, Alkhouri, F, Alkindi, LR, Almannaei, A, Qasim, AA, Benabderrahmane, ML, Bruno, G, Conicella, V, Fawwaz, O, Marpu, P, Panicker, P, Pittori, C, Roberts, MS, Vu, T & Arneodo, F 2019, 'Characterisation of a CeBr₃(LB) detector for space application', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 14, no. 9, P09017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/09/P09017

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