Semiconductor Detectors

Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 239-346

  Fettweis, Paul F ^a   Verplancke, Jan ^a   Venkataraman, Ramkumar ^b   Young, Brian M ^b   Schwenn, Harold ^b  

^a Canberra NV Belgium   (Belgium)

^b Canberra Industries Inc   (United States)

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SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012436603-9/50009-0     Document Type: Chapter

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