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Gamma detectors in explosives and narcotics detection systems

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Gamma detectors based on BGO crystals were designed and developed at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. These detectors are used in explosives and narcotics detection systems. Key specifications and design features of the detectors are presented. A software temperature-compensation method that makes it possible to stabilize the gamma detector response and operate the detector in a temperature range from −20 to 50°C is described.

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  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia

    V. M. Bystritsky, E. V. Zubarev, A. V. Krasnoperov, S. Yu. Porohovoi, V. L. Rapatskii, Yu. N. Rogov, A. B. Sadovskii, A. V. Salamatin, R. A. Salmin & V. M. Slepnev

  2. OOO Neutron Technologies, Dubna, Russia

    E. I. Andreev

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Original Russian Text © V.M. Bystritsky, E.V. Zubarev, A.V. Krasnoperov, S.Yu. Porohovoi, V.L. Rapatskii, Yu.N. Rogov, A.B. Sadovskii, A.V. Salamatin, R.A. Salmin, V.M. Slepnev, E.I. Andreev, 2013, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2013, No. 6(183), pp. 925–935.

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Bystritsky, V.M., Zubarev, E.V., Krasnoperov, A.V. et al. Gamma detectors in explosives and narcotics detection systems. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 10, 566–572 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S154747711306006X

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