Measuring the cosmic ray muon-induced fast neutron spectrum by (n,p) isotope production reactions in underground detectors

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Galbiati, Cristiano ^a,b   Beacom, John F ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26944490383     PISSN: 05562813     EISSN: 1089490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.72.025807     Document Type: Article

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