A Pilot Study of the Novel J-PET Plastic Scintillator with 2-(4-styrylphenyl)benzoxazole as a Wavelength Shifter

• Authors: A. Wieczorek , P. Moskal , S. Niedźwiecki , T. Bednarski , P. Białas , E. Czerwiński , A. Danel , A. Gajos , A. Gruntowski , D. Kamińska , Ł. Kapłon , A. Kochanowski , G. Korcyl , J. Kowal , P. Kowalski , T. Kozik , W. Krzemień , E. Kubicz , M. Molenda , M. Pałka , L. Raczyński , Z. Rudy , O. Rundel , P. Salabura , N. Sharma , M. Silarski , A. Słomski , J. Smyrski , A. Strzelecki , T. Uchacz , W. Wiślicki , M. Zieliński , N. Zoń
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

For the first time a molecule of 2-(4-styrylphenyl)benzoxazole containing benzoxazole and stilbene groups is applied as a scintillator dopant acting as a wavelength shifter. In this article a light yield of the plastic scintillator, prepared from styrene doped with 2 wt% of 2,5-diphenylbenzoxazole and 0.03 wt% of 2-(4-styrylphenyl)benzoxazole, is determined to be as large as 60% ± 2% of the anthracene light output. There is a potential to improve this value in the future by the optimization of the additives concentrations.

Keywords

EN

87.57.uk; 29.40.Mc

Discipline

• 29.40.Mc: Scintillation detectors
• 87.57.uk: Positron emission tomography (PET)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 127
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1487-1490

Dates

published

2015-05

Contributors

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A. Wieczorek

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
• Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland

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P. Moskal

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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S. Niedźwiecki

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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T. Bednarski

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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P. Białas

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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E. Czerwiński

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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A. Danel

• Institute of Chemistry and Physics, University of Agriculture, Cracow, Poland

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A. Gajos

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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A. Gruntowski

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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D. Kamińska

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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Ł. Kapłon

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
• Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland

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A. Kochanowski

• Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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G. Korcyl

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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J. Kowal

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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P. Kowalski

• Świerk Computing Centre, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Poland

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T. Kozik

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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W. Krzemień

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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E. Kubicz

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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M. Molenda

• Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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M. Pałka

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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L. Raczyński

• Świerk Computing Centre, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Poland

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Z. Rudy

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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O. Rundel

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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P. Salabura

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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N. Sharma

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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M. Silarski

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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A. Słomski

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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J. Smyrski

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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A. Strzelecki

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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T. Uchacz

• Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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W. Wiślicki

• Świerk Computing Centre, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Poland

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M. Zieliński

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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N. Zoń

• Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.127.1487