Development of portable gas proportional scintillation counters for x-ray spectrometry

X-Ray Spectrometry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 373-381

  Dos Santos, J M F ^a   Lopes, J A M ^a   Veloso, J F C A ^a   Simoes P C P S ^a   Dias, T H V T ^a   Santos, F P ^a   Rachinhas, P J B M ^a   Requicha Ferreira, L F ^a   Conde, C A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS DETECTORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SCINTILLATION;

ANGLE EFFECTS; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; GAS PROPORTIONAL SCINTILLATION; GRID TECHNIQUES; LOW POWER; PHOTOSENSOR; RADIATION WINDOW; SIMPLE++; SOLID ANGLE; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0035643638     PISSN: 00498246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/xrs.510     Document Type: Review

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