A 222Rn source for low-background liquid scintillation detectors

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

Volumn 414, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 459-465

  Johnson, Michael ^a   Benziger, Jay ^a   Stoia, Catherine ^a   Calaprice, Frank ^b   Chen, Mark ^b   Darnton, Nicholas ^b   Loeser, Fred ^b   Bruce Vogelaar, R ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid scintillator; Radon

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SCINTILLATION;

LIQUID SCINTILLATOR; PSEUDOCUMENE BASED SCINTILLATOR;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0032163189     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00632-9     Document Type: Article

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