García-Toraño Eduardo
Laboratorio de Metrología de Radiaciones Ionizantes, CIEMAT Avenida Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2006 Oct-Nov;64(10-11):1273-80. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.034. Epub 2006 Mar 22.
This paper describes the status of alpha-particle spectrometry. Some of the main contributions made to this field in the last years are reviewed. Topics covered include instrumentation, source characterization, numerical analysis, Monte Carlo simulations and applications.