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For the first time a depth profile of the radioisotope41Ca produced by neutrons from the atomic bomb explosion of Hiroshima was measured. The measurements were performed at the Munich Tandem Laboratory via accelerator mass spectrometry. The41Ca depth profile is part of the evaluation to determine the neutron spectrum of the A-bomb which is basis of the Dosimetry System 1986.
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Dedicated to Prof. P. Kienle on the occasion of his 60th birthday Supported by BMFT and DFG
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Rühm, W., Kato, K., Korschinek, G. et al. 36Cl and41Ca depth profiles in a Hiroshima granite stone and the Dosimetry System 1986. Z. Physik A - Hadrons and Nuclei 341, 235–238 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01298486
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