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Title: Excitons in scintillator materials: Optical properties and electron-energy loss spectra of NaI, LaBr 3 , BaI 2 , and SrI 2

Journal Article · · Journal of Materials Research

Abstract

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1507593
Journal Information:
Journal of Materials Research, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Research Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 32; ISSN 0884-2914
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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