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Application of Scintillation Detectors in Cosmic Experiments

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Scintillation detectors based on organic plastic or inorganic scintillators are widely used in modern space physics and cosmic experiments. We reviewed different detection techniques, optical and physical characteristics of scintillators, light collection at the coupling with different type of photo-sensors. Important cosmic experiments in the past, as well as current state of art for the development of astro-particle and gamma-ray experiments, aimed for search of the new astrophysics, new states of matter, neutrino oscillations, are considered.

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Iyudin, A.F., Svertilov, S.I. (2019). Application of Scintillation Detectors in Cosmic Experiments. In: Korzhik, M., Gektin, A. (eds) Engineering of Scintillation Materials and Radiation Technologies. ISMART 2018. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 227. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21970-3_12

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