Application of large-area avalanche photodiodes to X-ray spectrometry of muonic atoms

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2255-2260

  Fernandes, L M P ^a   Antognini, A ^b   Boucher, M ^c   Conde, C A N ^a   Huot, O ^c   Knowles, P E ^c   Kottmann, F ^d   Ludhova, L ^c   Mulhauser, F ^c   Pohl, R ^b,e   Dos Santos, J M F ^a   Schaller, L A ^c   Taqqu, D ^e   Veloso, J F C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c l'Université   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Lamb shift; Muonic atoms X ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; RADIATION HARDENING; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

MUONIC ATOMS; X-RAY DETECTION; X-RAY SPECTROMETRY;

SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0348221746     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(03)00214-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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