Application of6LiI(Eu) scintillators with photodiode readout for neutron counting in mixed gamma-neutron fields

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1413-1419

  Pausch, Guntram ^a,b   Stein, Juergen ^b  

^a IEEE

^b ICx Radiation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital signal processing; Homeland security; Neutron detector; Photodiode readout; Pulse shape discrimination; Radioisotope identification device; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849107670     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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