Feasibility study of boron-loaded liquid scintillator for the detection of electron anti-neutrinos

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

Volumn 432, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-121

  Wang, S C ^a   Hsu, C C ^b   Leung, R W S ^a   Wang, S L ^b   Chang, C Y ^a   Chen, C P ^a   Cheng, K C ^c   Ho, T I ^b   Lai, W P ^a   Liu, H M ^d   Mao, Z P ^a   Shih, I C ^a   Wong, H T ^a   Yu, Z Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

LIQUID SCINTILLATOR; NEUTRINO; NEUTRON CAPTURE; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0033359285     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00350-2     Document Type: Article

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