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Fast-neutron, coded-aperture imager

Woolf et al., 2015

Document ID
16198939646360351038
Author
Woolf R
Phlips B
Hutcheson A
Wulf E
Publication year
Publication venue
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

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This work discusses a large-scale, coded-aperture imager for fast neutrons, building off a proof-of concept instrument developed at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). The Space Science Division at the NRL has a heritage of developing large-scale, mobile …
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