Response of a lithium gadolinium borate scintillator in monoenergetic neutron fields

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 497-502

  Williams, A M ^a,b   Beeley, P A A ^a   Spyrou, N M ^b  

^a Nuclear Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; GADOLINIUM; HELIUM; ISOTOPE; LITHIUM; PLASTIC;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCINTILLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; BORATES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MINIATURIZATION; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4644327064     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch382     Document Type: Article

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