Measurement of neutron fluence spectra up to 150 MeV using a stacked scintillator neutron spectrometer

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 151-155

  Brooks, F D ^a   Allie, M S ^a   Buffler, A ^a   Dangendorf, V ^b   Herbert, M S ^a   Makupula, S A ^a   Nolte, R ^b   Smit, F D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON RADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION ENERGY; SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY;

CALIBRATION; GUIDELINES; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; RADIOISOTOPES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644339726     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch213     Document Type: Article

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