Field calibration studies for ionisation chambers in mixed high-energy radiation fields

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 299-305

  Theis, Christian ^a   Forkel Wirth, D ^a   Fuerstner, M ^a   Mayer, S ^b   Otto, Th ^a   Roesler, S ^a   Vincke, H ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIMULATION; SYNCHROTRON; WORKPLACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SWITZERLAND;

ION;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IONS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 52249101821     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm062     Document Type: Article

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