Thallium bromide and thallium bromoiodide gamma ray spectrometer development

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1783-1788

  Kim, Hadong ^a   Cirignano, L ^a   Churilov, A ^a   Ciampi, G ^a   Higgins, W ^a   Olschner, F ^b   Shah, Kanai ^a  

^a RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^b Cremat Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CUBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; DEVICE PROCESSING; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH DENSITY; LONG TERM; LOW MELTING POINT; MOBILITY-LIFETIME PRODUCTS; NUCLEAR DETECTION; PULSE HEIGHT SPECTRUM; RECENT PROGRESS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TERNARY COMPOUNDS; THALLIUM BROMIDE; WIDE BAND GAP;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETECTORS; ENERGY GAP; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PURIFICATION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; STARS; THALLIUM; THALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77951157024     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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