Neutron dose measurements with the GSI ball at high-energy accelerators

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 209-212

  Fehrenbacher, G ^a   Gutermuth, F ^a   Kozlova, E ^a,b   Radon, T ^a   Schuetz, R ^c  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b DUBNA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SHIELD; SYNCHROTRON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; NEUTRON; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONALITY; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52249111218     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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