How does the Crystal Barrel detector (at ELSA) work?

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The Crystal Barrel detector at ELSA operates by utilizing scintillator materials that interact with incoming particles, including photons. When these particles collide with the scintillator, they generate high-energy electrons. These electrons can transfer energy to other electrons, resulting in the emission of light. This emitted light is then detected, confirming the presence of the original particle.

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Simple explanation for non-physicist, please!
 
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Particles (including photons) can hit the material and produce high-energetic electrons. Those travel through the material and can give some of their energy to other electrons. Those electrons then emit that energy as light, the light gets detected, and this indicates that some particle was there.
That is a very short description how scintillators work, for more details it would be interesting what exactly you want to know.
 

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