Geant4 and MCNPX simulations of thermal neutron detection with planar silicon detectors

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Guardiola, C ^a   Amgarou, K ^b   Garcia F ^c   Fleta, C ^a   Quirion, D ^a   Lozano, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc); Neutron detectors (cold, thermal, fast neutrons); Simulation methods and programs; Solid state detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053638988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/09/T09001     Document Type: Article

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