Characterisation of ionisation chambers for a mixed radiation field and investigation of their suitability as radiation monitors for the LHC

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 170-174

  Theis, Christian ^a,b   Forkel Wirth, D ^a   Perrin, D ^a   Roesler, S ^a   Vincke, H ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HADRON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHOTON; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31544441382     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci097     Document Type: Article

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