Results from the characterisation of advanced GAmma tracking array prototype detectors and their consequences for the next generation nuclear physics spectrometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6706, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dimmock, M R ^a   Boston, A J ^a   Boston, H C ^a   Cresswell, J R ^a   Nelson, L ^a   Nolan, P ^a   Rigby, S ^a   Unsworth, C ^a   Lazarus, I ^b   Simpson, J ^b   Medina, P ^c   Parisel, C ^c   Santos, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS SPECTROMETER; NUCLEAR STRUCTURE; PROTOTYPE DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 42149118302     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.738297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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