Nuclear astrophysics studies at the LENA facility: The γ-ray detection system

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

Volumn 566, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 452-464

  Longland, R ^a,b,c   Iliadis, C ^a,b   Champagne, A E ^a,b   Fox, C ^a,b   Newton, J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TRIANGLE UNIVERSITIES NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Background reduction; Coincidence; Cosmic muon veto; HPGe; Low count rate; Low energy; NaI(Tl); NaI(Tl) annulus; Nuclear astrophysics; Scintillating fibres; Veto; Veto shield; WLS

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RESONANCE; TEST FACILITIES;

BACKGROUND REDUCTION; COSMIC MUON VETO; LOW COUNT RATE; NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS; SCINTILLATING FIBERS; VETO SHIELD;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 33748794227     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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