Limitation on the response of 3He counters due to intrinsic alpha emission

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 416, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-108

  Hashemi Nezhad, S R ^a   Peak, L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND RADIATION;

ALPHA PARTICLES; HELIUM; PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

EID: 0348113622     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00565-8     Document Type: Article

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