Iterative unfolding for Bonner sphere spectrometers using the MSANDB code - Sensitivity analysis and dose calculation

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Simmer, G ^a   Mares, V ^a   Weitzenegger, E ^a   Ruhm W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonner Sphere Spectrometer; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT; BONNER SPHERE SPECTROMETER; COSMIC RADIATION; COUNT RATES; DOSE CALCULATION; HIGH-ENERGY ACCELERATOR; INTEGRAL QUANTITY; MONTE CARLO CODES; NEUTRON FLUENCES; NEUTRON SPECTRA; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; PRIOR INFORMATION; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; RESPONSE MATRICES; SECONDARY NEUTRONS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; THERMAL NEUTRONS; WIDE ENERGY RANGE;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; COSMOLOGY; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPHERES;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 76349114518     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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