Characterization of alpha contamination in lanthanum trichloride scintillators using coincidence measurements

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 547, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 504-510

  Milbrath, B D ^a   Runkle, R C ^a   Hossbach, T W ^a   Kaye, W R ^a   Lepel, E A ^a   McDonald, B S ^a   Smith, L E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinium 227; Alpha contaminant; Alpha gamma coincidence; Lanthanum chloride; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

ACTINIUM; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GAMMA RAYS; ION BOMBARDMENT; ISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION;

ACTINIUM-227; ALPHA-CONTAMINATION; ALPHA-GAMMA COINCIDENCE; LANTHANUM-CHLORIDE;

LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 22344454650     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.11.054     Document Type: Article

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