Thermoluminescence centres created selectively in MgO crystals by fast neutrons

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 127-130

  Dolgov, S ^a   Karner T ^a   Lushchik, A ^a   Maroos, A ^a   Mirortova Ulmane, N ^b   Nakonechnyi, S ^a   Horowitz, Y S ^a   Oster, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; MAGNESIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION FIELD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0036387908     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a005828     Document Type: Article

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