Article | REF: E6347 V1

Inorganic scintillating materials

Author: Christophe DUJARDIN

Publication date: April 10, 2018, Review date: April 30, 2018

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5. Interactions with ionizing radiation

The interaction between a particle and matter is complex, mainly in the case of rather high-energy particles. In this contribution, we restrict the description to the most detected/used particles. The phenomena are generally split into 3 cases: X and γ photons, α particles, and neutrons.

5.1 Interaction with X or γ photons

The linear interaction probability μ  (cm –1 ) of an X or γ photon is given by the formula :

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