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TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of poly(ethylene naphthalate) as a self-vetoing structural material
AU - Efremenko, Y.
AU - Fajt, L.
AU - Febbraro, M.
AU - Fischer, F.
AU - Hayward, C.
AU - Hodák, R.
AU - Kraetzschmar, T.
AU - Majorovits, B.
AU - Muenstermann, D.
AU - Öz, E.
AU - Pjatkan, R.
AU - Pohl, M.
AU - Radford, D.
AU - Rouhana, R.
AU - Sala, E.
AU - Schulz, O.
AU - Štekl, I.
AU - Stommel, M.
PY - 2019/7/5
Y1 - 2019/7/5
N2 - The discovery of scintillation in the blue regime from poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN), a commonly used high-performance industrial polyester plastic, has sparked the interest of the physics community as a new type of plastic scintillator material. This observation in addition to its good mechanical and radiopurity properties makes PEN an attractive candidate as an active structure scintillator for low-background physics experiments. This paper reports on investigations of its potential in terms of production tests of custom made tiles and various scintillation light output measurements. These investigations substantiate the high potential of usage of PEN in low-background experiments.
AB - The discovery of scintillation in the blue regime from poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN), a commonly used high-performance industrial polyester plastic, has sparked the interest of the physics community as a new type of plastic scintillator material. This observation in addition to its good mechanical and radiopurity properties makes PEN an attractive candidate as an active structure scintillator for low-background physics experiments. This paper reports on investigations of its potential in terms of production tests of custom made tiles and various scintillation light output measurements. These investigations substantiate the high potential of usage of PEN in low-background experiments.
KW - Scintillators and scintillating fibres and light guides
KW - Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)
KW - Search for radioactive and fissile materials
KW - Ethylene
KW - Ionization
KW - Optical fibers
KW - Scintillation
KW - Emission process
KW - Fissile materials
KW - Low background physics
KW - Low-background experiment
KW - Plastic scintillator materials
KW - Polyethylene naphthalate
KW - Scintillating fibres
KW - Scintillation light
KW - Scintillation counters
U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/14/07/P07006
DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/14/07/P07006
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
JO - Journal of Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Instrumentation
SN - 1748-0221
IS - 7
M1 - P07006
ER -