Measurements of the half-life of 214Po and 218Rn using digital electronics

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1907-1912

  Suliman, G ^a   Pomme S ^a   Marouli, M ^a   Van Ammel, R ^a   Jobbagy V ^a   Paepen, J ^a   Stroh, H ^a   Apostolidis, C ^a   Abbas, K ^a   Morgenstern, A ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

214Po; 218Rn; Delayed coincidence; Digital counting; Half life; Time interval distribution

Indexed keywords

DELAYED COINCIDENCE; DIGITAL COUNTING; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; HALF LIVES; HALF-LIFE; LIST MODES; PLANAR SILICON DETECTOR; TIME-DIFFERENCES; TIME-INTERVAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME-STAMP;

ISOTOPES; RADIATION;

RADIOACTIVITY;

POLONIUM 214; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON 218; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONICS; HALF LIFE TIME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HALF-LIFE; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; POLONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84864149923     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.095     Document Type: Article

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