Postdetonation nuclear debris for attribution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 20207-20212

  Fahey, A J ^a   Zeissler, C J ^a   Newbury, D E ^a   Davis, J ^a   Lindstrom, R M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Electron probe microanalysis; Plutonium; Secondary ion mass spectrometry; Trinitite

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATOMIC BOMB; CONFERENCE PAPER; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAMMA RADIATION; GOVERNMENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETRY; X RAY;

EID: 78650576862     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1010631107     Document Type: Article

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