Liquid Rare Gas Detectors: Recent Developments and Applications

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 994-1005

  Lopes, M Isabel ^a   Chepel, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dielectric liquids; Gamma ray detectors; Liquid argon; Liquid detectors; Liquid krypton; Liquid rare gases; Liquid xenon; Particle detectors; Radiation detectors

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ASTROPHYSICS; CALORIMETERS; CAMERAS; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION; KRYPTON; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION; XENON;

GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; LIQUID ARGON; LIQUID DETECTORS; LIQUID KRYPTON; LIQUID RARE GASES; LIQUID XENON;

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 1642526580     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2003.1255777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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