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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 2, 020402(2025)

Geant4 simulation study of β-γ coincidence detector for ⁴¹Ar measurement

Yajie FENG^1,2, Ruiqin ZHANG², Yazhou NIU², Qi LI², Lili TONG^1、*, Shilian WANG^2、**, Yungang ZHAO², Yuanqing FAN², and Xinjun ZHANG²

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¹School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

²CTBT Beijing National Data Centre and Beijing Radionuclide Laboratory, Beijing 100085, China

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Yajie FENG, Ruiqin ZHANG, Yazhou NIU, Qi LI, Lili TONG, Shilian WANG, Yungang ZHAO, Yuanqing FAN, Xinjun ZHANG. Geant4 simulation study of β-γ coincidence detector for ⁴¹Ar measurement[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(2): 020402

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Category: NUCLEAR ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

Received: Jun. 3, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Mar. 14, 2025

The Author Email: TONG Lili (TONGLili), WANG Shilian (WANGShilian)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240233

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