Electron energy response of NaI:Tl and SrI2:Eu calculated from carrier mobilities and measured first- and third-order quenching

MRS Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 139-143

  Grim, Joel Q ^a   li, qi ^a   Ucer, K B ^a   Williams, R T ^a   Bizarri, G A ^b   Moses, W W ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85011436223     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2012.27     Document Type: Article

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