Pulse-shape discrimination with the Counting Test Facility

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

Volumn 584, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-113

  Back, H O ^m   Balata, M ^a   Bellini, G ^b   Benziger, J ^c   Bonetti, S ^b   Caccianiga, B ^b   Calaprice, F ^d   Dalnoki Veress, F ^d   D'Angelo, D ^b   de Bellefon, A ^f   de Kerret, H ^f   Derbin, A ^g   Etenko, A ^h   Fomenko, K ^g   Ford, R ^d   Franco, D ^b   Galbiati, C ^d   Gazzana, S ^a   Giammarchi, M G ^b   Goeger, M ^e   Goretti, A ^d   Grieb, C ^m   Hardy, S ^m   Ianni, A ^a   Ianni, A M ^d   Korga, G ^a   Kozlov, Y ^h   Kryn, D ^f   Laubenstein, M ^a   Leung, M ^d   Litvinovich, E ^h   Lombardi, P ^b   Ludhova, L ^b   Machulin, I ^h   Manno, I ^j   Manuzio, D ^k   Manuzio, G ^k   Masetti, F ^l   McCarty, K ^d   Meroni, E ^b   Miramonti, L ^b   Misiaszek, M ⁿ   Montanari, D ^a   Monzani, M E ^a   Muratova, V ^g   Niedermeier, L ^e   Oberauer, L ^e   Obolensky, M ^f   Ortica, F ^l   Pallavicini, M ^k   Papp, L ^a   Perasso, L ^b   Pocar, A ^d   Raghavan, R S ^m   Ranucci, G ^b   Razeto, A ^a   Sabelnikov, A ^a   Salvo, C ^k   Schonert S ⁱ   Shutt, T ^d   Simgen, H ⁱ   Skorokhvatov, M ^h   Smirnov, O ^g   Sonnenschein, A ^d   Sotnikov, A ^g   Sukhotin, S ^h   Suvorov, Y ^b   Tarasenkov, V ^h   Tartaglia, R ^a   Testera, G ^k   Vignaud, D ^f   Vogelaar, R B ^m   Von Feilitzsch, F ^e   Williams, B ^m   W'ojcik, M ⁿ   Zaimidoroga, O ^g   Zavatarelli, S ^k   Zuzel, G ⁱ   more..

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^h KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^j WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^k INFM   (Italy)

^l INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^m VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Liquid scintillator; Pulse shape discrimination

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARACTERIZATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

COUNTING TEST FACILITY; LIQUID SCINTILLATOR; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION;

DISCRIMINATORS;

EID: 36749043124     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.09.036     Document Type: Article

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