Monte Carlo simulation of the response of a large NaI(Tl) total absorption spectrometer for β-decay studies

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 430, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 333-347

  Cano Ott, D ^a   Tain, J L ^a   Gadea, A ^a   Rubio, B ^a   Batist, L ^b   Karny, M ^c   Roeckl, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d D 64291   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BETA DECAY; SODIUM IODIDE; TOTAL ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0033164984     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00217-X     Document Type: Article

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