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BGO
Short for Bismuth-Germanium-Oxyde (
), a scintillator of high atomic number
Z
used in electromagnetic
crystal calorimeters
. BGO is characterized by fast rise time (a few nanoseconds) and short radiation length (1.11 cm). see [
Lecoq92
].
Rudolf K. Bock, 9 April 1998
), a scintillator of high atomic number Z used in electromagnetic crystal calorimeters. BGO is characterized by fast rise time (a few nanoseconds) and short radiation length (1.11 cm).
see [Lecoq92].