A portable gamma-ray spectrometer using compressed xenon

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1029-1033

  Mahler, G J ^a   Yu, B ^a   Smith, G C ^a   Kane, W R ^a   Lemley, ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SPECTROMETRY; XENON;

COMPRESSED XENON; NEUTRON DAMAGE; PARALLEL PLATE DETECTOR;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0032095941     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.682701     Document Type: Article

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