Monte Carlo simulation of background characteristics of gamma-ray spectrometers-a comparison with experiment

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 163-208

  Povinec, Pavel P ^a,b   Vojtyla, Pavol ^c   Comanducci, Jean François ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 44349162833     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(07)11005-6     Document Type: Review

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