Low level gamma spectrometry by beta-gamma coincidence

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 221-224

  Luca, A ^a   De Felice, P ^b   Tanase, G ^c  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^c Nuclear Technics Laboratory   (Romania)

Author keywords

Beta counters; Gamma spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BETA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS;

BETA-GAMMA COINCIDENCE SYSTEMS; DETECTION LIMITS;

SPECTROMETRY;

BETA RADIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0034662356     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00137-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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