A comparative study of the thermoluminescent response to beta irradiation of CVD diamond and LiF dosimeters

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

Volumn 388, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 427-430

  Bogani, F ^a,b   Borchi, E ^a,b   Bruzzi, M ^a,b   Leroy, C ^a,b   Sciortino, S ^a,b  

^a Dipartimento di Energetica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DOSIMETERS; IRRADIATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BETA IRRADIATION; BETA RAYS; LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

DIAMOND FILMS;

EID: 0031117036     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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