scintillator

American  

[sin-tl-ey-ter] / ˈsɪn tlˌeɪ tər /

noun

Physics.

1. a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.

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scintillator British  

/ ˈsɪntɪˌleɪtə /

noun

1. physics a phosphor that produces scintillations

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Etymology

Origin of scintillator

First recorded in 1870–75; scintillate + -or ²

Example Sentences

"This discovery uses the natural abundance of carbon-13 within the experiment's liquid scintillator to measure a specific, rare interaction," Kraus said.

From Science Daily

Neutrons emitted from the fission event are then measured in either the liquid scintillator or lithium-glass detector arrays, depending on the experiment's energy range, with both detectors recording flashes of light induced within the detectors by the neutrons.

From Science Daily

The sphere will soon be filled with 20,000 tons of a liquid scintillator—an organic solution that fluoresces, or scintillates, when excited by a neutrino interacting with nuclei in its atoms.

From Science Magazine

Some of the surviving electron antineutrinos will slam into a proton in the scintillator, producing an energetic positron that results in a flash of light.

From Science Magazine

It would tweak JUNO’s liquid scintillator so the detector could watch for another exotic nuclear physics phenomenon called neutrinoless double beta decay.

From Science Magazine