Nanocomposite glass-ceramic scintillators for radiation spectroscopy

In recent years, the United States Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been charged with the task of scanning every cargo container crossing domestic borders for illicit radioactive material. This is accomplished by using gamma-ray detection systems ca...

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Main Author: Barta, Meredith Brooke
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45851