An experimental/numerical method for the efficiency calibration of low- energy germanium detectors

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Anagnostakis, M J ^a   Simopoulos, S E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLY ASH; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GERMANIUM; LIGNITE; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EFFICIENCY CORRECTION FACTOR; LOW ENERGY GERMANIUM DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

AMERICIUM 241; GERMANIUM; LEAD 210; LIGNITE; RADIOISOTOPE;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLY ASH; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOMETRY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DETECTOR; SOIL;

EID: 0030788242     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00094-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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