Defined solid-angle counter with variable geometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 881-885

  Garcia Torano E ^a   Duran Ramiro T ^a   Burgos, C ^a   Begona Ahedo M ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha counting; Defined solid angle counting

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SILICON DETECTORS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALPHA COUNTING; ALPHA-PARTICLE EMITTERS; DEFINED SOLID-ANGLE COUNTING;

RADIATION COUNTERS;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION PHYSICS; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 34547665877     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.040     Document Type: Article

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