Response functions of a Bonner sphere spectrometer calculated with GEANT4

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 604, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 612-617

  Garny, S ^a   Mares, V ^a   Ruhm W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonner sphere; GEANT4; Gold foils; Response function

Indexed keywords

BONNER SPHERE; BONNER SPHERE SPECTROMETER; CALCULATION METHODS; GEANT4; GOLD ACTIVATION; GOLD FOILS; NEUTRON CAPTURE; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; RESPONSE FUNCTION; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SPHERE FUNCTIONS; THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTORS;

NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRONS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPHERES;

GOLD;

EID: 65749120783     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.02.044     Document Type: Article

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