@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00046671,
 author = {Nakamura, Hidehito and Shirakawa, Yoshiyuki and Kitamura, Hisashi and Sato, Nobuhiro and Shinji, Osamu and Saito, Katashi and Takahashi, Sentaro and 中村 秀仁 and 白川 芳幸 and 北村 尚},
 issue = {16},
 journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
 month = {Oct},
 note = {Organic scintillation materials involve short wavelength light emitted from polymers containing aromatic ring moieties. We have characterized high-purity (>99.9%) polystyrene (PS) as a potential scintillator. It emits ultraviolet light with a 310-nm emission maximum. We demonstrate that the effective refractive index (1.67) for PS is a function of the emission spectrum. Light yield distributions generated by 137Cs and 207Bi radioactive sources were also characterized. The light attenuation length is 41.6 ± 0.5 mm, which is ten times than expected. These results demonstrate that high-purity PS has important light propagation characteristics needed for organic scintillation materials.},
 pages = {16111-1--16111-4},
 title = {Light propagation characteristics of high-purity polystyrene},
 volume = {103},
 year = {2013}
}