Measuring the Scintillation Decay Constant of PEN and PET with 120 GeV Proton Beam Excitation

James W. Wetzel; Emrah Tiras; Burak Bilki; Ohannes Koseyan; Nilay Bostan; Yasar Onel

doi:10.1109/NSS/MIC42677.2020.9507866

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Measuring the Scintillation Decay Constant of PEN and PET with 120 GeV Proton Beam Excitation

James W. Wetzel, Emrah Tiras, Burak Bilki, Ohannes Koseyan, Nilay Bostan and Yasar Onel

2020 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), pp.1-2

10/31/2020

DOI: 10.1109/NSS/MIC42677.2020.9507866

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Abstract

We report the scintillation decay constants of polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) determined by excitation of the plastic substrate with an accelerated beam of protons and resulting light yield measured as a function of time with a photomultiplier attached to an oscilloscope. The decay constant of PEN was found to be 35 ns and PET 7 ns.

Oscilloscopes

Particle beam measurements

Particle beams

Photomultipliers

Polyethylene

Protons

Time measurement

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Title: Subtitle: Measuring the Scintillation Decay Constant of PEN and PET with 120 GeV Proton Beam Excitation
Creators: James W. Wetzel - University of Iowa
Emrah Tiras - Erciyes University
Burak Bilki - Beykent University
Ohannes Koseyan - University of Iowa
Nilay Bostan - University of Iowa
Yasar Onel - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Publication Details: 2020 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), pp.1-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NSS/MIC42677.2020.9507866
eISSN: 2577-0829
Language: English
Date published: 10/31/2020
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984428834302771

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