Appendix H. Master Bibliography

H.1 Textbooks and Reference Works

[T1] G. F. Knoll, Radiation Detection and Measurement, 4th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010.

[T2] P. Lecoq, A. Gektin, and M. Korzhik, Inorganic Scintillators for Detector Systems, 2nd ed. Cham: Springer, 2017.

H.2 Foundational Papers in Scintillation Physics

[F1] R. Hofstadter, "Alkali halide scintillation counters," Phys. Rev., vol. 74, pp. 100-101, 1948.

[F2] J. B. Birks, "Scintillations from organic crystals: specific fluorescence and relative response to different radiations," Proc. Phys. Soc. A, vol. 64, pp. 874-877, 1951.

H.3 Photodetector References

[P1] M. Mazzillo et al., "Silicon photomultiplier technology at STMicroelectronics," IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 2434-2442, 2009.

H.4 Pulse Processing and Digital Electronics

[E1] V. T. Jordanov and G. F. Knoll, "Digital synthesis of pulse shapes in real time for high resolution radiation spectroscopy," Nucl. Instrum. Methods A, vol. 345, pp. 337-345, 1994.

H.5 Neutron Detection

[Nu1] R. T. Kouzes, "The 3He supply problem," PNNL-18388, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Apr. 2009.

H.6 Standards Documents

[Std1] US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 CFR Part 20: Standards for Protection Against Radiation, current edition.

H.7 Application-Specific Papers

Medical Imaging

[M1] D. R. Schaart, "Physics and technology of time-of-flight PET detectors," Phys. Med. Biol., vol. 66, no. 9, 09TR01, 2021.

Nuclear and Reactor Instrumentation

[R1] US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Final Safety Evaluation Report: NuScale Power Module Design Certification Application," NRC ADAMS Accession No. ML20023A318, 2020.

Space Nuclear Power

[Sp1] S. Oleson et al., "40kW Fission Surface Power System (FSPS) Deployability," National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA/TM-20220012395, Nov. 2022.

H.8 Recommended Further Reading

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science and Nuclear Instruments and Methods A remain the primary peer-reviewed venues for the field.

This concludes the second edition of The Nuts and Bolts (and Crystals) of Scintillator Technology. The first edition was published in 2023. This second edition was written by David Brown of Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation in 2026.