Dosimetry assessments in the irradiation facilities at the CERN-PS accelerator

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2016-2022

  Glaser, Maurice ^a,b   Ravotti, Federico ^a,b   Moll, Michael ^b  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Dosimetry; Neutron beams; Proton beams; Radiation monitoring

Indexed keywords

OPERATIVE IRRADIATION SYSTEMS; RADIATION MONITORING;

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRON BEAMS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS;

SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

EID: 33748372978     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.880569     Document Type: Conference Paper

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