Measured proton sensitivities of bubble detectors

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-189

  Takada, Masashi ^a   Kitamura, Hisashi ^a   Koi, Tatsumi ^a,c   Nakamura, Takashi ^b   Fujitaka, Kazunobu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALTITUDE; COSMIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIATION CHIMERA; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 5144226393     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch330     Document Type: Article

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