Statistics of the LS-detector in the case of low counting efficiency

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 453-458

  Broda, R ^a   Jeczmieniowski A ^a  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Detection efficiency; Liquid scintillation counting; TDCR method

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; QUENCHING; SCINTILLATION;

LIQUID SCINTILLATION (LS);

RADIOISOTOPES;

IRON 55; NICKEL 63; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIOFILTER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR;

EID: 1342265623     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.11.058     Document Type: Article

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