Comparison of LaBr3:Ce and NAI(Tl) scintillators for radio-isotope identification devices

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

Volumn 572, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 774-784

  Milbrath, B D ^a   Choate, B J ^a   Fast, J E ^a   Hensley, W K ^a   Kouzes, R T ^a   Schweppe, J E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotope identification; Lanthanum bromide; Lanthanum 138; RIID; Scintillator; Sodium iodide

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DETECTORS; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; SODIUM ALLOYS; THALLIUM;

LANTHANUM BROMIDE; LANTHANUM-138; RADIOISOTOPE IDENTIFICATION; RIID; SODIUM IODIDE;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 33846913885     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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