Neutron-induced luminescence and activation in neutron shielding and scintillation detection materials at cryogenic temperatures

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 457-470

  Dzhosyuk, S N ^a   Mattoni, C E H ^a   McKinsey, D N ^a,c   Thompson, A K ^b   Yang, L ^a   Doyle, J M ^a   Huffman, P R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron carbide; Boron nitride; Boron oxide; Lithium fluoride; Neutron induced luminescence; Neutron shielding; PTFE

Indexed keywords

BORON; CRYOGENICS; DOSIMETRY; EVAPORATION; GLASS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE; SCINTILLATION;

NEUTRON INDUCED LUMINESCENCE; NEUTRON SHIELDING;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 1842739974     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2003.11.086     Document Type: Article

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