Non-proportionality and energy resolution of scintillation detectors

NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 293-315

  Moszyński, Marek ^a  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

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EID: 33750628092     PISSN: 1871465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5093-3_13     Document Type: Article

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