Contamination studies of LaCl3:Ce scintillators

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3031-3034

  Milbrath, Brian D ^a   McIntyre, Justin I ^a   Runkle, Robert C ^a   Smith, L E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

138La; Gamma spectroscopy; Internal contaminants; LaCl 3:Ce; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAMMA RAYS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

138LA; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; INTERNAL CONTAMINANTS; LACL 3:CE;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 33750398610     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.881064     Document Type: Article

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