Intrinsic energy resolution of pure NaI studied with large area avalanche photodiodes at liquid nitrogen temperatures

• The energy resolution and non-proportionality of the light yield vs gamma-ray energy of pure NaI scintillators directly coupled to Large Area Avalanche Photodiodes (LAAPDs) and cooled down to the liquid nitrogen temperatures have been studied. Large improvements of energy resolution and nearly proportional light yield response have been obtained at very long shaping time constants. Energy resolution of 3.8+/-0.1% for 662 keV gamma-rays from a Cs-137 source was recorded at 50 mus integration time. The intrinsic resolution of the crystal vs energy of gamma-rays has been estimated by measurements of the number of primary electron-hole pairs generated in LAAPD by scintillation light.

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scintillators

pure NaI

energy resolution

intrinsic resolution

non-proportinality of light yield

avalanche photodiodes

yield non-proportionality

scintillation response

sodium-iodide

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