A Compton Backscatter Densitometer for the RoLand Comet Lander - Design concept and Monte Carlo simulations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-285

  Ball, Andrew J ^a   Solomon, Christopher J ^a   Zarnecki, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010804871     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0032-0633(95)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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