Editing Scintillation (physics) (section)

{{Short description|Production of light due to absorption of high-energy photons or particles}}
{{Other uses|Scintillation (disambiguation)}}

In [[condensed matter physics]], '''scintillation''' ({{IPAc-en|'|s|ɪ|n|t|ɪ|l|eɪ|ʃ|ən}} {{respell|SIN|til|ay|shun}}) is the physical process where a material, called a [[scintillator]], emits [[ultraviolet]] or [[Light|visible light]] under [[Electron excitation|excitation]] from high energy [[photon]]s ([[X-ray]]s or [[gamma ray]]s) or energetic particles (such as [[electron]]s, [[alpha particle]]s, [[neutron]]s, or [[ion]]s).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/945552892 |title=Scintillation dosimetry |date=2016 |others=Sam Beddar, Luc Beaulieu |isbn=978-1-4822-0900-6 |location=Boca Raton, FL |oclc=945552892}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Maddalena |first1=Francesco |last2=Tjahjana |first2=Liliana |last3=Xie |first3=Aozhen |last4=Arramel |last5=Zeng |first5=Shuwen |last6=Wang |first6=Hong |last7=Coquet |first7=Philippe |last8=Drozdowski |first8=Winicjusz |last9=Dujardin |first9=Christophe |last10=Dang |first10=Cuong |last11=Birowosuto |first11=Muhammad Danang |date=February 2019 |title=Inorganic, Organic, and Perovskite Halides with Nanotechnology for High–Light Yield X- and γ-ray Scintillators |journal=Crystals |language=en |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=88 |doi=10.3390/cryst9020088 |issn=2073-4352|doi-access=free |bibcode=2019Cryst...9...88M |hdl=10356/107027 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> See [[scintillator]] and [[scintillation counter]] for practical applications.<ref>{{cite book|last=Birks|first=John B.|title=The theory and practice of scintillation counting|year=1964|publisher=Pergamon Press, Ltd.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Knoll|first=Glenn F.|title=Radiation Detection and Measurement|year=2000|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-471-07338-3}}</ref>