Oxide scintillators to search for dark matter and double beta decay

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3266-3271

  Nagomaya, L L ^a   Danevich, F A ^b   Dubovik, A M ^a   Grinyov, B V ^a   Henry, S ^c   Kapustyanyk, V ^d   Kraus, H ^c   Poda, D ^b   Mokina, V M ^b   Mikhailik, V B ^c   Panasyuk, M ^d   Polischuk, O G ^b   Rudyk, V ^d   Tsybulskyi, V ^d   Tupitsyna, I A ^a   Vostretsov, Y Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARK MATTER; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; METAL TUNGSTATE; OXIDE SCINTILLATORS; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SCINTILLATION YIELDS;

CRYSTALS; IONIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 67649195925     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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