Pressure dependence of neutron detection sensitivity in a superheated drop detector

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-92

  Tsuda, S ^a,b   Sawamura, T ^a   Homma, A ^a   Narita, M ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRESSURE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MONITOR; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THEORY;

EID: 0033980892     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032989     Document Type: Article

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