Interaction of ionizing particles with quantum dots and resulting spectral effects

Investigate and experimentally characterize how ionizing particles interact with quantum dots embedded in scintillator hosts, including how changes in confinement energy levels alter emission spectra, and develop validated models that incorporate these effects into detector simulations.

Background

Accurate chromatic reconstruction depends on understanding how ionizing radiation affects quantum-dot energy levels and emission properties inside the host medium. The authors note that these interactions and confinement-driven spectral shifts have not yet been fully studied in particle-detector contexts.

They suggest that dedicated experiments will likely be required to quantify these effects and to incorporate them into predictive models for QD-based calorimeters.