Influence of shield parameters on cosmic-muon induced backgrounds of Ge γ-spectrometers

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 163-170

  Vojtyla, Pavol ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; GERMANIUM; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY;

COSMIC MUON INDUCED BACKGROUND; SOFTWARE PACKAGE GEANT;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0030121288     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-583X(95)01267-2     Document Type: Article

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