Sensitivity determination and optimisation of a cylindrical diffusion chamber, for radon measurements, with a CR39 detector

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 290-298

  Nikezić, Dragoslav ^a   Baixeras, Carmen ^a   Kostić, Dragana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Faculty of Sciences

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RADON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CYLINDRICAL DIFFUSION CHAMBER; RADON CONCENTRATION; RADON PROGENY DEPOSITION;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0030123222     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(95)01507-8     Document Type: Article

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