Bottle-like structure in fission fragment tracks observed in a gamma-irradiated CR-39 detector

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-192

  Yamauchi, Tomoya ^a   Ichijo, Hirotaka ^a   Oda, Keiji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bottle like structure; CR 39; Damage distribution; Gamma ray; Oxygen effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035131738     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(00)00139-6     Document Type: Article

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