Radiation damage in scintillator detector chemical compounds: A new approach using PPO-Toluene liquid scintillator as a model

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1669-1673

  Mesquita, C H ^a,b   Fernandes Neto, J M ^a   Duarte, C L ^a   Rela, P R ^a   Hamada, M M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Compartmental analysis; Liquid scintillation detector; PPO; Radiation damage; Target theory

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; TOLUENE;

LIQUID SCINTILLATORS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0036703282     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.801712     Document Type: Article

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