“…Its excellent timing properties (down to 100 ps in optimal conditions [2][3][4]), temperature stability [5,6] and high energy resolution for a scintillator (3% at 662 keV [7,8]), which is dominated by statistical contributions [9], have made LaBr 3 :Ce the material of choice for many nuclear physics experiments including γ-ray spectroscopy [10,11], medical imaging [12,13] or industrial applications [14,15]. The high light yield (165% of that of NaI) and the very short scintillation light decay constant (between 20 and 30 ns [5,6]) pose LaBr 3 :Ce as a well suited candidate material to allow γ-ray spectroscopy at very high count rates.…”