Neutron response of a 4He proportional counter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2867, Issue , 1996, Pages 631-634

  Schillebeeckx, P ^a   Casnati, A ^b   Clapham, M ^c   Graf, U ^a   Looman, M ^d   Weyrauch, M ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c Pelham House   (United Kingdom)

^d Technical Consultant   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS;

MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO INTEGRATION; NEUTRON ENERGY RANGE; NEUTRON RESPONSE; NEUTRON RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; RESOLUTION CALIBRATIONS; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 0942297293     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.267868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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