Properties of CdWO4 and ZnWO4 scintillators at liquid nitrogen temperature

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Klamra, W ^a   Szczesniak, T ^b   Moszynski, M ^b   Iwanowska, J ^b   Swiderski, L ^b   Syntfeld Kazuch, A ^b   Shlegel, V N ^c   Vasiliev, Ya V ^c   Galashov, E N ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c NIKOLAEV INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cryogenic detectors; Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859597725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/03/P03011     Document Type: Article

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