Scintillation Counters When certain substances are hit by a ray or particle, they emit light. Joined to a device which amplifies the flash, they make an instrument of great versatility and large ...

Dubbed the Pomelo by [mihai.cuciuc], the detector is a homebrew solid-state scintillation counter made from a thallium-doped cesium iodide crystal and a silicon photomultiplier. The scintillator ...