Emission of fused silica and KBr samples in the UV and visible spectral ranges under irradiation with 2.7 MeV electrons

E. Kh. Baksht; B. A. Alekseev; A. G. Burachenko; A. V. Vukolov; A. P. Potylitsyn; V. F. Tarasenko; S. R. Uglov; M. V. Shevelev

doi:10.1063/5.0061100

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