First results of a scintillating GEM detector for 2-D dosimetry in an alpha beam

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1271-1278

  Seravalli, Enrica ^b   Hendrikse, Jeffrey ^b,c   Huizenga, Jan ^d   Kreuger, Rob ^d   Schippers, J Marco ^e   Simon, Andrea ^d   Van Eijk, Carel W E ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b FOM INSTITUTE DIFFER   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Gas electron multiplier (GEM); Gas scintillation; Ionization density

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION;

GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; GAS SCINTILLATION;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

EID: 34548128269     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.903179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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