Two-phase Cryogenic Avalanche Detector with electroluminescence gap operated in argon doped with nitrogen

@article{Bondar2016TwophaseCA,
  title={Two-phase Cryogenic Avalanche Detector with electroluminescence gap operated in argon doped with nitrogen},
  author={Alexander E. Bondar and Alexey Buzulutskov and Alexander Dolgov and V. V. Nosov and Lev I. Shekhtman and Ekaterina Shemyakina and Andrey V. Sokolov},
  journal={Nuclear Instruments \& Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment},
  year={2016},
  volume={845},
  pages={206-209}
}
  • A. BondarA. Buzulutskov A. Sokolov
  • Published 27 May 2016
  • Physics
  • Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
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