Phosphate Glass Detectors for Heavy Ion Identification
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Glass Characteristics and Irradiation Mode
2.2. Measurements
2.3. The Etching Mode
2.4. Thermal Testing
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Burtebayev, N.; Chernyavskiy, M.; Gippius, A.; Kalinina, G.; Konovalova, N.; Nassurlla, M.; Kvochkina, T.; Nassurlla, M.; Okateva, N.; Pan, A.; et al. Phosphate Glass Detectors for Heavy Ion Identification. Universe 2022, 8, 474. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8090474
Burtebayev N, Chernyavskiy M, Gippius A, Kalinina G, Konovalova N, Nassurlla M, Kvochkina T, Nassurlla M, Okateva N, Pan A, et al. Phosphate Glass Detectors for Heavy Ion Identification. Universe. 2022; 8(9):474. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8090474
Chicago/Turabian StyleBurtebayev, Nassurlla, Mikhail Chernyavskiy, Alexei Gippius, Galina Kalinina, Nina Konovalova, Marzhan Nassurlla, Tatyana Kvochkina, Maulen Nassurlla, Natalia Okateva, Andrey Pan, and et al. 2022. "Phosphate Glass Detectors for Heavy Ion Identification" Universe 8, no. 9: 474. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8090474