Efficiency of composite boron nitride neutron detectors in comparison with helium-3 detectors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Uher, J ^a   Pospisil, S ^a   Linhart, V ^a   Schieber, M ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POLYMER MATRIX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LARGE AREA SENSORS; NEUTRON IMAGING; POLYCRYSTALLINE BULK DETECTORS; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 33947600769     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2713869     Document Type: Article

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