Nuclear resonance fluorescence and effective Z determination applied to detection and imaging of special nuclear material, explosives, toxic substances and contraband

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 331-336

  Bertozzi, William ^a   Korbly, Stephen E ^a   Ledoux, Robert J ^a   Park, William ^a  

^a PASSPORT SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective Z; Explosives; Isotope; Nuclear resonance fluorescence; Special nuclear materials; Weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE Z ALGORITHMS; NUCLEAR RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE; SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON; EXPLOSIVES; FLUORESCENCE; ISOTOPES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 34447263360     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.109     Document Type: Article

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