Future space applications of compound semiconductor X-ray detectors
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عنوان ژورنال: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0168-9002
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9002(00)01033-0