Modeling solid-state boron carbide low energy neutron detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 562, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 380-388

  Lundstedt, C ^a   Harken, A ^a   Day, E ^a   Robertson, B W ^a   Adenwalla, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

geant; Neutron detector; Numerical modeling; Semiconductor detector

Indexed keywords

BORON CARBIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

GEANT; NEUTRON DETECTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTOR;

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

EID: 33646789134     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.02.148     Document Type: Article

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