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The Dortmund Low Background Facility—Low-background gamma ray spectrometry with an artificial overburden

Gastrich et al., 2016

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1025017063765554656
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Gastrich H
Gößling C
Klingenberg R
Kröninger K
Neddermann T
Nitsch C
Quante T
Zuber K
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Applied Radiation and Isotopes

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Abstract The Dortmund Low Background Facility is an instrument for low-level gamma ray spectrometry with an artificial overburden of ten meters of water equivalent, an inner shielding, featuring a neutron absorber, and an active muon veto. An integral background …
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