Phenomenology of prompt gamma neutron activation analysis in the detection of mines and near-surface ordnance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3392, Issue , 1998, Pages 545-552

  Sparrow, David A ^a,c   Porter, Lisa J ^a   Broach, J Thomas ^b   Mehta Sherbondy, Roshni J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^b NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mine detection; Prompt gamma neutron activation analysis; Unexploded ordnance

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GAMMA RAYS; MINES; NEUTRONS; NITROGEN; ORDNANCE; OXYGEN; POLLUTION; PROJECTILES; REMEDIATION; SILICON DETECTORS; SOILS; STARS; SURFACES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CAMERAS;

BACKGROUND SUBTRACTIONS; CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS; COUNTING STATISTICS; DRY SOILS; ENERGETIC MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITIES; GAIN INSIGHTS; GAMMA-RAY; GAMMA-RAY SPECTRUM; HIGH ENERGIES; MINE DETECTION; NEAR SURFACES; NEUTRON CAPTURES; NIGHT VISIONS; PROMPT GAMMA NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PROOF OF CONCEPTS; RANDOM WALKS; RESOLUTION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL OF INTERESTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SOIL ELEMENTS; UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE; UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE DETECTIONS;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842533038     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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