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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 3, 030403(2023)

Neutron/gamma discrimination performance test for self-developed plastic scintillation detectors

Yun SONG, Jingxin ZUO, Yongfei LIANG^*, Bing HAN, Lixin BAI, and Chaowen YANG

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School of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China

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Yun SONG, Jingxin ZUO, Yongfei LIANG, Bing HAN, Lixin BAI, Chaowen YANG. Neutron/gamma discrimination performance test for self-developed plastic scintillation detectors[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(3): 030403

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Nov. 30, 2022

Accepted: --

Published Online: Apr. 17, 2023

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DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.030403

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