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[[Image:Detectors summary 3.png|thumb|right|200px|This tree diagram shows the relationship between types and classification of most common particle detectors. Credit: [[commons:User:Wdcf|Wdcf]].]]
'''Radiation detectors''' provide a signal that is converted to an electric current. The device is designed so that the current provided is proportional to the characteristics of the incident radiation.

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"A '''scintillator''' is a material, which exhibits [[w:scintillation (physics)|scintillation]]—the property of [[w:luminescence|luminescence]]<ref name="Leo">Leo, W. R. (1994). [http://books.google.com/books?id=8VufE4SD-AkC&printsec=frontcover “Techniques for Nuclear and particle Physics Experiments”], 2nd edition, Springer, {{ISBN|354057280
5}}</ref> when excited by [[w:ionizing radiation|ionizing radiation]]. Luminescent materials, when struck by an incoming particle, absorb its energy and scintillate, i.e., reemit the absorbed energy in the form of light."<ref name="Scintillator">{{cite web
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|year=2012
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