Automatic analysis of continuum phenomena in gamma spectra

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 911-917

  Quintana, Begoña ^a   Fernández, Francisco ^a   Wordel, Rainer ^b   Mouchel, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b JRC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; COSMIC RAYS; CURVE FITTING; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GERMANIUM; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES;

AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS; INELASTIC SCATTERING; TERTIARY FAST NEUTRONS;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030249985     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00086-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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