Fast procedures for coincidence-summing correction in γ-ray spectrometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 745-752

  De Felice, Pierino ^a   Angelini, Paola ^b   Fazio, Aldo ^a   Biagini, Roberto ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coincidence summing correction; Gamma ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; INTERPOLATION; PHOTOELECTRICITY; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES;

COINCIDENCE SUMMING CORRECTION; DECAY SCHEME; GAMMA RAY EMITTERS;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

BARIUM; CESIUM 134; COBALT 60; EUROPIUM; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034160006     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00239-0     Document Type: Article

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