Neutron detection with cryogenics and semiconductors

Physica Status Solidi C: Conferences

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1592-1605

  Bell, Zane W ^a   Carpenter, D A ^b   Cristy, S S ^b   Lamberti, V E ^b   Burger, Arnold ^c   Woodfield, Brian F ^d   Niedermayr, Thomas ^e   Hau, I Dragos ^e   Labov, Simon E ^e   Friedrich, Stephan ^e   West, W Geoffrey ^f   Pohl, Kenneth R ^g   Van Den Berg, Lodewijk ^g  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Y 12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX   (United States)

^c FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Brigham Young University   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g Now with: Constellation Technology Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYOGENICS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

NEUTRON DETECTION;

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

EID: 27244445997     PISSN: 16101634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1002/pssc.200460840     Document Type: Article

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