Cosmic-ray neutron spectrometry by solid state detectors

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 36, Issue 1-6 SPEC., 2003, Pages 307-311

  Tommasino, L ^a   Jain, R K ^a   O'Sullivan, D ^b   Prokofiev, A V ^c   Singh, N L ^a   Smirnov, A N ^c   Tripathy, S P ^a   Viola, P ^b  

^a APAT   (Italy)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^c KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Cross section; Fission; Neutron spectrometry; Track detectors

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DATA ACQUISITION; FISSION REACTIONS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

TRACK DETECTORS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0042865767     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00141-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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