Investigation of LaBr3 detector timing resolution

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2022-2026

  Kuhn, A ^b   Surti, S ^a,b   Shah, K S ^c   Karp, J S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (PMT); TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION; TIMING DEVICES;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 33846604349     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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