Randazzo, Nunzio and Sipala, Valeria and Aiello, Sebastiano and Lo Presti, Domenico and Cirrone, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo and Cuttone, Giacomo and Di Rosa, F. (2008) YAP(Ce) crystal characterization with proton beam up to 60 MeV. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 586 (2), p. 295-299. ISSN 0168-9002. eISSN 1872-9576. Article. Full text not available from this repository. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.11.010 Alternative URLs: AbstractA YAP(Ce) crystal was characterized with a proton beam up to 60 MeV. Tests were performed to investigate the possibility of using this detector as a proton calorimeter. The size of the crystal was chosen so that the proton energy is totally lost inside the medium. The authors propose to use the YAP(Ce) crystal in medical applications for proton therapy. In particular, in proton computed tomography (pCT) project it is necessary as a calorimeter in order to measure the proton residual energy after the phantom. Energy resolution, linearity, and light yield were measured in the Laboratori Nazionali del Sud with the CATANA proton beam [ http://www.lns.infn.it/CATANA/CATANA] and the results are shown in this paper. The crystal shows a good resolution (3% at 60 MeV proton beam) and it shows good linearity for different proton beam energies (1% at 30-60 MeV energy range). The crystal performances confirm that the YAP(Ce) crystal represents a good solution for these kinds of application.
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