Proton light yield in organic scintillators using a double time-of-flight technique

Brown, J. A.; Goldblum, Bethany L.; Laplace, T. A.; Harrig, K. P.; Bernstein, L. A.; Bleuel, D. L.; Younes, W.; Reyna, D.; Brubaker, E.; Marleau, P.

doi:10.1063/1.5039632

Title: Proton light yield in organic scintillators using a double time-of-flight technique

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Brown, J. A. ^[1]; Goldblum, Bethany L. ^[1]; Laplace, T. A. ^[1]; Harrig, K. P. ^[1]; Bernstein, L. A. ^[2]; Bleuel, D. L. ^[3]; Younes, W. ^[3]; Reyna, D. ^[4]; Brubaker, E. ^[4]; Marleau, P. ^[4]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Nuclear Science and Security Consortium; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

OSTI Identifier:: 1462111

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1461237; OSTI ID: 1470704

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-757607
Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003180; NA0000979; NA0003100; AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Applied Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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                    Brown, J. A., Goldblum, Bethany L., Laplace, T. A., Harrig, K. P., Bernstein, L. A., Bleuel, D. L., Younes, W., Reyna, D., Brubaker, E., and Marleau, P. Proton light yield in organic scintillators using a double time-of-flight technique.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Brown, J. A., Goldblum, Bethany L., Laplace, T. A., Harrig, K. P., Bernstein, L. A., Bleuel, D. L., Younes, W., Reyna, D., Brubaker, E., & Marleau, P. Proton light yield in organic scintillators using a double time-of-flight technique.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5039632

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                    Brown, J. A., Goldblum, Bethany L., Laplace, T. A., Harrig, K. P., Bernstein, L. A., Bleuel, D. L., Younes, W., Reyna, D., Brubaker, E., and Marleau, P. Mon .  
"Proton light yield in organic scintillators using a double time-of-flight technique".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5039632.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1462111.

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  title        = {Proton light yield in organic scintillators using a double time-of-flight technique},

  author       = {Brown, J. A. and Goldblum, Bethany L. and Laplace, T. A. and Harrig, K. P. and Bernstein, L. A. and Bleuel, D. L. and Younes, W. and Reyna, D. and Brubaker, E. and Marleau, P.},

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  journal      = {Journal of Applied Physics},

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  year         = {Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Mon Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

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