Pyroelectric crystal-generated neutron production: preliminary results using a portable vacuum system

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 99, Issue , 2008, Pages 283-284

  Gillich, Don ^a   Danon, Yaron ^a   Kovanen, Andrew ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 63049100521     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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