Radiation damage and activation from proton irradiation of advanced scintillators

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1500-1505

  Bloser, Peter F ^a   McConnell, Mark L ^a   Macri, John R ^a   Bruillard, Paul J ^a   Ryan, James M ^a   Hajdas, Wojtek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; SPECTROMETERS;

PROTON ACCELERATOR BEAMS; RADIATION TOLERANT;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 38649083482     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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