Positron beam production with a deuteron accelerator

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 442-448

  Cassidy, D B ^a,d   Canter, K F ^b   Shefer, R E ^c   Klinkowstein, R E ^c   Hughey, B J ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Newton Scientific Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

13N; Accelerator; Beam; Deuteron; Positron; Source

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; ION BOMBARDMENT; ION SOURCES; PARTICLE BEAMS; POSITRONS; RADIOISOTOPES;

POSITRON BEAMS;

TARGETS;

EID: 0036800370     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01134-5     Document Type: Article

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