Intercomparison of radiation protection devices in a high-energy stray neutron field. Part III: Instrument response

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 673-691

  Silari, M ^a   Agosteo, S ^b   Beck, P ^c   Bedogni, R ^d   Cale, E ^e   Caresana, M ^b   Domingo, C ^f   Donadille, L ^e   Dubourg, N ^e   Esposito, A ^d   Fehrenbacher, G ^g   Fernandez F ^f   Ferrarini, M ^b   Fiechtner, A ^h   Fuchs, A ^h   Garcia M J ^f   Golnik, N ⁱ   Gutermuth, F ^g   Khurana, S ^j   Klages, Th ^j   Latocha, M ^c   Mares, V ^k   Mayer, S ^h   Radon, T ^g   Reithmeier, H ^l   Rollet, S ^c   Roos, H ^l   Ruhm W ^k   Sandri, S ^m   Schardt, D ^g   Simmer, G ^k   Spurny F ⁿ   Trompier, F ^e   Villa Grasa, C ^e   Weitzenegger, E ^k   Wiegel, B ^j   Wielunski, M ^k   Wissmann, F ^j   Zechner, A ^c   Zielczynski M ⁱ   more..

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^e INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^h PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (Poland)

^j PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^k INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^m ENEA   (Italy)

ⁿ NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DETECTOR; AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT; BONNER SPHERE SPECTROMETER; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; GERMANY; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES; INTERCOMPARISONS; MIXED RADIATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEUTRON FIELDS; NEUTRON SPECTRA; RADIATION DOSIMETRY; RADIATION FIELD; STRAY RADIATION; WORK PACKAGES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATION REACTIONS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 70349972035     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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