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Vol. 48, Issue 2, 020402 (2025)

Geant4 simulation study of β-γ coincidence detector for ⁴¹Ar measurement

Yajie FENG^1,2, Ruiqin ZHANG², Yazhou NIU², Qi LI²..., Lili TONG^1,*, Shilian WANG^2,**, Yungang ZHAO², Yuanqing FAN² and Xinjun ZHANG²|Show fewer author(s)

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¹School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

²CTBT Beijing National Data Centre and Beijing Radionuclide Laboratory, Beijing 100085, China

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Yajie FENG, Ruiqin ZHANG, Yazhou NIU, Qi LI, Lili TONG, Shilian WANG, Yungang ZHAO, Yuanqing FAN, Xinjun ZHANG. Geant4 simulation study of β-γ coincidence detector for ⁴¹Ar measurement[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(2): 020402 Copy Citation Text

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Yajie FENG, Ruiqin ZHANG, Yazhou NIU, Qi LI, Lili TONG, Shilian WANG, Yungang ZHAO, Yuanqing FAN, Xinjun ZHANG. Geant4 simulation study of β-γ coincidence detector for ⁴¹Ar measurement[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(2): 020402

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