Preliminary results from the new large-area PETRRA positron camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1050-1054

  Duxbury, D M ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTONS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; READOUT SYSTEMS;

BARIUM FLUORIDE; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; POSITION CAMERAS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0033317714     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.790825     Document Type: Article

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