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X-ray Scintillation Detectors: Quiz

X-ray Scintillation Detectors Quiz

  1. The materials most often used as scintillators for X-ray astronomy have been:


  2. Scintillators work by converting X-rays into visible light.

  3. Scientists create a detector "phoswich" because:


  4. Scintillators are used often because





 

A service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Andy Ptak (Director), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/GSFC

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