NAI detector nonlinearity for PGNAA applications

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-195

  Gardner, Robin P ^a   Mayo, Charles W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

NAI nonlinearity; PGNAA; Prompt gamma

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; GAMMA RAYS; GRAPHITE; INTERPOLATION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POSITRONS; RADIOISOTOPES;

PROMPT GAMMA RAY NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (PGNAA);

RADIATION DETECTORS;

GRAPHITE; SODIUM IODIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; SAMPLING; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032962189     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00183-3     Document Type: Article

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