How to pronounce“scintillator”in English
IPA/ˌsɪntəˈleɪtəɹ/
Syllablesscin·til·la·tor
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So, to eliminate these events, the sodium iodide crystals are submerged in a tank full of 12 tons of linear alkylbenzene.
This is a liquid scintillator that emits light when exposed to a gamma ray and that light can then be detected by photo multiplier tubes in the tank.
So, if there's a simultaneous detection in the crystal and in the tank, it was most likely a potassium decay, not a dark matter event,
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Definitions of “scintillator”
noun
Any substance that glows under the action of photons or other high-energy particles