Ultra-high resolution Gamma-ray spectrometer development for nuclear attribution and non-proliferation applications

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1006-1013

  Terracol, Stephane F ^a   Ali, Shafinaz ^a   Niedermayr, Thomas R ^a   Hau, I Dragos ^a   Drury, Owen B ^a   Ali, Zaheer A ^a   Miyazaki, Toshiyuki ^a   Cunningham, Mark F ^a   Dreyer, Jonathan G ^a   Leacock, John D ^a   Friedrich, Stephan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; DEMAGNETIZATION; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; SENSORS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; THERMISTORS;

GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETERS; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; NUCLEAR ATTRIBUTION; SUPERCONDUCTING THERMISTORS;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 23844435949     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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