ABSTRACT
In industry and research, candidates such as lanthanum halide and Cerium Bromide (CeBr3) crystals have emerged as new inorganic crystals with attractive scintillator properties. Inorganic scintillators are the most popular scintillators used in the field of nuclear spectroscopy due to their high light outputs and stopping powers. The scintillation mechanism in inorganic scintillators is due to the electron band structure in the crystals. The time resolution of a detector is another important criterion that influences the final choice of scintillator crystal. The criterion for a detector with good timing resolution is how quickly a timing signal is generated and decays, as the duration of the total time signal ultimately dictates the pileup rate. Many characteristics of a scintillator can influence the resulting energy resolution, such as the variation of the light output of the scintillator with respect to the incident energy. If the number of charge carriers increases, then the resolution improves due to a decrease in the limiting resolution.
