Bismuth-fission detectors for high energy nucleons: II. Proton and neutron responses

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 459-462

  Jin, H ^a   Cavaioli, M ^a   Hajdas, V ^b   Prokofiev, A V ^c   Smirnov, A N ^c   Tommasino, L ^a  

^a National Agency for the Environmental Protection   (Italy)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; DOSIMETRY; FISSION PRODUCTS; NEUTRONS; PROTONS;

CROSS SECTION; NUCLEON; TRACK DETECTOR;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0032590677     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00187-0     Document Type: Article

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