Integrated constant-fraction discriminator shaping techniques for the PHENIX Lead-Scintillator calorimeter

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 1, 1997, Pages 303-307

  Gentry Jackson, R ^a,b   Blalock, T Vaughn ^a,b   Simpson, Michael L ^a,c   Wintenberg, Alan L ^a,c   Young, Glenn R ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0346065118     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.603660     Document Type: Article

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