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Nuclear Instruments and Methods

Volume 73, Issue 2, 1 September 1969, Pages 228-230
Nuclear Instruments and Methods

Letter to the editor
The solid angle subtended at a point by a circular disk

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Abstract

The solid angle subtended at a point by a circular disk can be well-represented by the product of an analytical expression and a slowly-varying correction factor.

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