Measurement of the quenching factor of Na recoils in NaI(Tl)

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Chagani, H ^a   Majewski, P ^a   Daw, E J ^a   Kudryavtsev, V A ^a   Spooner, N J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc); Neutron detectors (cold, thermal, fast neutrons); Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)

Indexed keywords

EMISSION PROCESS; FAST NEUTRONS; GAMMA DETECTORS; MONO-ENERGETIC NEUTRONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; NEUTRON GENERATORS; PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS; QUENCHING FACTORS;

IONIZATION; NEUTRON SOURCES; QUENCHING; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TESTBEDS;

SODIUM;

EID: 62649125639     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/3/06/P06003     Document Type: Article

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