Radiation damage of F8 lead glass with 20MeV electrons

Influence of radiation damage on the performance of a lead/scintillator calorimeter investigated with 1–6GeV electrons

The influence of radiation damage on energy resolution, linearity and uniformity of an electromagnetic lead/scintillator calorimeter was studied experimentally with 1–6GeV electrons. Plastic scintillators and wavelength shifter bars were irradiated uniformly with γ rays. Both were identical with those of the ZEUS uranium calorimeter. The attenuation length of the scintillators was determined fr...

Characteristics of lead glass for radiation protection purposes: A Monte Carlo study

Background: Lead glass has a wide variety of applications in radiation protection. This study aims to investigate some characteristics of lead glass such as the γ-ray energy-dependent mass and linear attenuation coefficients, the half-value layer thickness, and the absorbed dose distribution for specific energy. Materials and Methods: The attenuation parameters of different lead glass types aga...

Interaction of Neutrons with Electrons in Lead

A BOUT ten years ago Condon' showed that Bee's' estimate of the upper limit for the neutron-electron interaction could be greatly reduced by considering the interaction of slow neutrons with atoms. These considerations can be greatly extended by considering the interference of the wave scattered by-the nucleu's with the wave scattered by all of the electrons in the atom as erst introduced by Bl...

Acid polishing of lead glass

Purpose: The polishing of cut lead glass crystal is effected through the dowsing of the glass in a mixture of two separate acids, which between them etch the surface and as a result cause it to be become smooth. In order to characterise the resultant polishing the rate of surface etching must be known, but when this involves multicomponent surface reactions it becomes unclear what this rate act...

Electromagnetic radiation from bound electrons