6LiI(Eu) in neutron and γ-ray spectrometry - A highly sensitive thermal neutron detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3151-3156

  Syntfeld, Agnieszka ^a,b   Moszyński, Marek ^a,b   Arlt, Rolf ^a,c   Balcerzyk, Marcin ^a,b   Kapusta, Maciej ^a,b   Majorov, Michael ^a,d   Marcinkowski, Radoslaw ^a,f   Schotanus, Paul ^a,e   Swoboda, Martha ^a,c   Wolski, Dariusz ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Poland)

^b SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d Scientific Engineering Center   (Russian Federation)

^e SCIONIX Holland BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Border monitoring; Energy resolution; Gamma ray scintillators; Nonproportionality; Nuclear materials detection; Thermal neutron detectors

Indexed keywords

BORDER MONITORING; GAMMA-RAY SCINTILLATORS; NEUTRON DETECTION;

EUROPIUM; FISSION PRODUCTS; NEUTRONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 33144473815     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.860193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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