GLASS -CERAMIC SCINTILLATION MATERIA LS FOR NEUTRON DETECTION
Abstract
In the present article we discuss a new class of scintillation materials that are prospective for application in high energy physics experiments and for detection of neutrons in a wide energy range.
About the Author
M. V. Korjik
Institute for Nuclear Problems of the Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
D. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Head of the Laboratory of Experimental High Energy Physics
11, Bobruiskaya Str., 220030, Minsk
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