Production and application of pulsed slow positron beam using an electron linac

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 651-659

  Yamazaki, Tetsuo ^a   Suzuki, Ryoichi ^a   Ohdaira, Toshiyuki ^a   Mikado, Tomohisa ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshinori ^b  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b NATL INST OF MAT AND CHEM RES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; RADIOISOTOPES;

ELECTRON LINEAR ACCELERATOR; POSITRON BEAM;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; CYCLOTRON; ELECTRON RADIATION; LABORATORY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; POSITRON; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031172212     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(97)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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