Fundamental properties of superheated drop (bubble) detectors

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 84, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 55-62

  D'Errico, F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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HALOCARBON;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; EMULSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IONIZING RADIATION; NEUTRON; PHOTON; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0032809988     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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