Results on damage induced by high-energy protons in LYSO calorimeter crystals

Lutetium-Yttrium Orthosilicate doped with Cerium (LYSO), as a bright scintillating crystal, is a candidate for calorimetry applications in strong ionising-radiation fields and large high-energy hadron fluences are expected at the CERN Large Hadron Collider after the planned High-Luminosity upgrade. There, proton–proton collisions will produce fast hadron fluences up to ~5×1014cm−2 in the large-rapidity regions of the calorimeters.