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Title: Optical effects of energy degraders on the performance of fragment separators.

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Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
939556
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/CP-59491
TRN: US0806773
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC07); Jun. 25, 2007 - Jun. 29, 2007; Albuquerque, NM
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ACCELERATORS; PERFORMANCE; PARTICLES; SEPARATION PROCESSES

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Bandura, L., Erdelyi, B., Nolen, J., Physics, and Northern Illinois Univ.. Optical effects of energy degraders on the performance of fragment separators.. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
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title = {Optical effects of energy degraders on the performance of fragment separators.},
author = {Bandura, L. and Erdelyi, B. and Nolen, J. and Physics and Northern Illinois Univ.},
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