Inversion of neutron/gamma spectra from scintillator measurements

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 269, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2641-2648

  Kohler J ^a   Ehresmann, B ^a   Martin, C ^a   Bohm E ^a   Kharytonov, A ^a   Kortmann, O ^a,c   Zeitlin, C ^b   Hassler, D M ^b   Wimmer Schweingruber, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma; Inversion; Mars; Neutron

Indexed keywords

CHI-SQUARED; COUNT RATES; DETECTOR CONCEPTS; FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORS; GAMMA; GAMMA SPECTRUM; HIGH-DENSITY; INCIDENT PARTICLES; INSTRUMENT RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; INVERSION; INVERSION METHODS; LEAST SQUARE; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; MARS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MARTIAN SURFACE; MATRIX; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MEASURED DATA; MEASUREMENT DATA; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEUTRAL PARTICLES; PHYSIKALISCH-TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; POISSONIAN STATISTICS; POWER LAW; RADIATION ASSESSMENT; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; RESPONSE MATRICES; STOCHASTIC NATURE;

INSTRUMENTS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENTS; NASA; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; SCINTILLATION;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 80053368449     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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