scintillator

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scintillator (plural scintillators)

(physics) Any substance that glows under the action of photons or other high-energy particles

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All LEDs produce incoherent, narrow-spectrum light; "white" LEDs are actually combinations of three LEDs of a different color, or a blue LED with a yellow scintillator coating. Source: Internet

BSE detectors are usually either of scintillator or of semiconductor types. Source: Internet

The GRB experiment consisted of two CsI scintillator crystals with photomultipliers. Source: Internet

In an elevated gamma background the scintillator material will be affected by the background gamma, which will add to the reading obtained from any contamination which is being monitored. Source: Internet

KIMS is approaching the same problem using CsI(Tl) as a scintillator. Source: Internet

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