A study of the LXeGRIT detection efficiency for MeV gamma-rays during the 2000 balloon flight campaign

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

Volumn 576, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 350-361

  Curioni, A ^a,b   Aprile, E ^a   Doke, T ^c   Giboni, K L ^a   Kobayashi, M ^a,c   Oberlack, U G ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton telescope; Gamma rays; Liquid xenon; Time projection chamber

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; TELESCOPES;

COMPTON TELESCOPE; DETECTOR GEOMETRY; IMAGING TELESCOPE; LIQUID XENON; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBER;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 34248561747     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.02.102     Document Type: Article

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