Large volume znWO4 crystal scintillators with excellent energy resolution and low background

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 994-997

  Nagornaya, Ludmila L ^a   Grinyov, Boris V ^a   Dubovik, Aleksandr M ^a   Vostretsov, Yuriy Ya ^a   Tupitsyna, Irina A ^a   Danevich, Fedor A ^b   Mokina, Valentyna M ^b   Nagorny, Sergey S ^b   Shkulkova, Oksana G ^b   Kraus, Hans ^c   Mikhailik, Vitalii B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Double beta decay; Low erature scintillators; Scintillation detectors; Tomography; Zinc tungstate crystals.

Indexed keywords

DARK MATTER; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; LOW ERATURE SCINTILLATORS; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; ZINC TUNGSTATE CRYSTALS.;

CESIUM; CRYSTALS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); IONIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; NEGATIVE IONS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 67649227017     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2016342     Document Type: Article

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