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Promising Neutron Detector with Anticoincidence Protection
Mitrofanov, I. G.; Litvak, M. L.; Sanin, A. B. +6 more
The method of remote neutron and gamma spectrometry of bodies in the solar system (the Moon, Mars, and Mercury) has been used for several decades to estimate the nuclear composition of these objects and the hydrogen abundance in their subsurface layers. Proportional gas counters based on helium-3 (3He), which have the maximum efficiency…