Articles | Volume 1, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-1-235-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-1-235-2012
19 Dec 2012
 | 19 Dec 2012

A novel technique to detect special nuclear material using cosmic rays

C. Thomay, P. Baesso, D. Cussans, J. Davies, P. Glaysher, S. Quillin, S. Robertson, C. Steer, C. Vassallo, and J. Velthuis

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