LA-UR-02-5485
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Author(s):
DANCE: A 4π BARRIUM FLUORIDE DETECTOR FOR
MEASURING NEUTRON CAPTURE ON UNSTABLE
NUCLEI
J.L. Ullmann, R. C. Haight, L. Hunt, R. Reifarth,
R. S. Rundberg, T. A. Bredeweg, M.M. Fowler,
G. G. Miller, J. B. Wilhelmy, D. D. Strottman, H. Heil,
F. Kappeler and E. P. Chamberlin
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