High-energy neutron spectroscopy with thick silicon detectors

Radiation Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-160

  Kinnison, James D ^a,c   Maurer, Richard H ^a   Roth, David R ^a   Haight, Robert C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; ENERGY; MASS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037316974     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0154:HENSWT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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