Feasibility Study of an Alcohol-Based Liquid Scintillation Detector and Its Application
This paper proposes a new base material, a mixture of alcohol and water, for liquid scintillators. A possibility of using alcohol as a new detection solution in a particle detector is described. A liquid scintillator is widely used in various fields because of its high light yield. In addition, it i...
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| description | This paper proposes a new base material, a mixture of alcohol and water, for liquid scintillators. A possibility of using alcohol as a new detection solution in a particle detector is described. A liquid scintillator is widely used in various fields because of its high light yield. In addition, it is very important to develop a stable liquid scintillator for particle detectors or other medical applications. To date, there have been no previous R&D studies elsewhere for the use of alcohol in particle detectors, and no market products are available of this type. Thus, there is a room for improvement. This paper describes the brief synthesizing process of the alcohol-based liquid scintillator by varying the mixing ratio of each component that makes up the liquid scintillator. The several feasible physical and optical properties of an alcohol-based liquid scintillator were investigated and presented. Finally, as one of its applications, a range (beam-path length) measurement using an electron beam in medical physics is introduced after irradiating an alcohol-based liquid scintillator with electron beam energies of 6~12 MeV. The measurement results were compared with a Monte Carlo simulation, Novalis Tx, a phantom, and a CT image. In the near future, the new alcohol-based liquid scintillator could be used for particle detector or medical imaging applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-66bb6bb575a54c1a80568360a9b077292025-02-03T05:58:21ZengWileyAdvances in High Energy Physics1687-73571687-73652021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66726556672655Feasibility Study of an Alcohol-Based Liquid Scintillation Detector and Its ApplicationByoung Chan Kim0Ji Young Choi1Kyung Kwang Joo2Seon Yeong Park3Ye Sung Song4Hee Jin Woo5Department of Radiation Oncology, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Seoyang-ro 322, Hwasun-eup, Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do, 58128, Republic of KoreaInstitute for Universe & Elementary Particles, Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Yongbong-ro 77, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of KoreaInstitute for Universe & Elementary Particles, Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Yongbong-ro 77, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of KoreaInstitute for Universe & Elementary Particles, Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Yongbong-ro 77, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of KoreaInstitute for Universe & Elementary Particles, Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Yongbong-ro 77, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of KoreaInstitute for Universe & Elementary Particles, Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Yongbong-ro 77, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of KoreaThis paper proposes a new base material, a mixture of alcohol and water, for liquid scintillators. A possibility of using alcohol as a new detection solution in a particle detector is described. A liquid scintillator is widely used in various fields because of its high light yield. In addition, it is very important to develop a stable liquid scintillator for particle detectors or other medical applications. To date, there have been no previous R&D studies elsewhere for the use of alcohol in particle detectors, and no market products are available of this type. Thus, there is a room for improvement. This paper describes the brief synthesizing process of the alcohol-based liquid scintillator by varying the mixing ratio of each component that makes up the liquid scintillator. The several feasible physical and optical properties of an alcohol-based liquid scintillator were investigated and presented. Finally, as one of its applications, a range (beam-path length) measurement using an electron beam in medical physics is introduced after irradiating an alcohol-based liquid scintillator with electron beam energies of 6~12 MeV. The measurement results were compared with a Monte Carlo simulation, Novalis Tx, a phantom, and a CT image. In the near future, the new alcohol-based liquid scintillator could be used for particle detector or medical imaging applications.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6672655 |
| spellingShingle | Byoung Chan Kim Ji Young Choi Kyung Kwang Joo Seon Yeong Park Ye Sung Song Hee Jin Woo Feasibility Study of an Alcohol-Based Liquid Scintillation Detector and Its Application Advances in High Energy Physics |
| title | Feasibility Study of an Alcohol-Based Liquid Scintillation Detector and Its Application |
| title_full | Feasibility Study of an Alcohol-Based Liquid Scintillation Detector and Its Application |
| title_fullStr | Feasibility Study of an Alcohol-Based Liquid Scintillation Detector and Its Application |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility Study of an Alcohol-Based Liquid Scintillation Detector and Its Application |
| title_short | Feasibility Study of an Alcohol-Based Liquid Scintillation Detector and Its Application |
| title_sort | feasibility study of an alcohol based liquid scintillation detector and its application |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6672655 |
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