A neutron detector on the basis of a boron-containing plastic scintillator

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

Volumn 550, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 343-358

  Britvich, G I ^a   Vasil'chenko, V G ^a   Gilitsky, Yu V ^a   Chubenko, A P ^a,b   Kushnirenko, A E ^a   Mamidzhanyan, E A ^a,b   Pavluchenko, V P ^a,b   Pikalov, V A ^a   Romakhin, V A ^a,b   Soldatov, A P ^a   Sumaneev, O V ^a   Chernichenko, S K ^a   Shein, I V ^a   Shepetov, A L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boron containing plastic scintillator; Detector; Extensive air showers; Neutrons

Indexed keywords

BORON; NEUTRONS; PHOSPHORS; PLASTICS;

BORON-CONTAINING PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; DETECTOR; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 24344461823     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.04.083     Document Type: Article

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