000032209 001__ 32209 000032209 005__ 20190520103314.0 000032209 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.optmat.2014.03.042 000032209 0248_ $$2sideral$$a86120 000032209 037__ $$aART-2014-86120 000032209 041__ $$aeng 000032209 100__ $$aAmaré, J. 000032209 245__ $$aStudy of scintillation in natural and synthetic quartz and methacrylate 000032209 260__ $$c2014 000032209 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000032209 5203_ $$aSamples from different materials typically used as optical windows or light guides in scintillation detectors were studied in a very low background environment, at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory, searching for scintillation. A positive result can be confirmed for natural quartz: two distinct scintillation components have been identified, not being excited by an external gamma source. Although similar effect has not been observed neither for synthetic quartz nor for methacrylate, a fast light emission excited by intense gamma flux is evidenced for all the samples in our measurements. These results could affect the use of these materials in low energy applications of scintillation detectors requiring low radioactive background conditions, as they entail a source of background. 000032209 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/FPA2011-23749$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/FPA2008-03228$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/Consolider-Ingenio2010-MULTI-DARK-CSD2009-00064$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/CPAN-CSD2007-00042 000032209 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000032209 590__ $$a1.981$$b2014 000032209 591__ $$aOPTICS$$b27 / 88 = 0.307$$c2014$$dQ2$$eT1 000032209 591__ $$aMATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY$$b87 / 260 = 0.335$$c2014$$dQ2$$eT2 000032209 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000032209 700__ $$aBorjabad, S. 000032209 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-6948-5101$$aCebrián, S.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000032209 700__ $$aCuesta, C. 000032209 700__ $$aFortuño, D. 000032209 700__ $$aGarcía, E. 000032209 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4643-2138$$aGinestra, C. 000032209 700__ $$aGómez, H. 000032209 700__ $$aHerrera, D.C. 000032209 700__ $$aMartínez, M. 000032209 700__ $$aOliván, M.A. 000032209 700__ $$aOrtigoza, Y. 000032209 700__ $$aOrtiz de Solórzano, A. 000032209 700__ $$aPobes, C. 000032209 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8732-8196$$aPuimedón, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000032209 700__ $$aSarsa, M.L. 000032209 700__ $$aVillar, J. A. 000032209 700__ $$aVillar, P. 000032209 7102_ $$12004$$2390$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Física Teórica$$cÁrea Física Atóm.Molec.y Nucl. 000032209 773__ $$g36, 8 (2014), 1408-1417$$pOpt. mater.$$tOPTICAL MATERIALS$$x0925-3467 000032209 8564_ $$s5088393$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/32209/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000032209 8564_ $$s56703$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/32209/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000032209 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:32209$$particulos$$pdriver 000032209 951__ $$a2019-05-20-10:29:48 000032209 980__ $$aARTICLE