Neutron spectrometry with large volume, heavy-loaded superheated droplet detectors: A simple spin-off

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 398-402

  Ramos, Ariel R ^a,b   Giuliani, F ^b   Felizardo, M ^a,b   Girard, T A ^b   Morlat, T ^b,c   Marques, J G ^a,b   Oliveira, C ^a   Limagne, D ^c   Waysand, G ^c   Fernandes, A C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA NUCLEAR DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FILTER; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PORTUGAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPECTROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAT; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPIN LABELS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 30844462103     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci124     Document Type: Article

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