Study of a gold-foil-based multisphere neutron spectrometer

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-293

  Wang, Z ^a,c   Hutchinson, J D ^a,d   Hertel, N E ^a   Burgett, E ^a   Howell, R M ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALIFORNIUM 252; GOLD; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOIL; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; NEUTRON RADIATION; PROCESS DESIGN; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROMETER;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; NEUTRONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 45149103469     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm375     Document Type: Article

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