Efficiencies of coated and perforated semiconductor neutron detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1659-1665

  Shultis, J Kenneth ^b   McGregor, Douglas S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Perforated detector; Semiconductor neutron detector

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR HOLES; PERFORATED DETECTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR NEUTRON DETECTOR; SINGLE COATED DEVICES;

COATINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PERFORATING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

NEUTRON DETECTORS;

EID: 33746372128     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.872639     Document Type: Article

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