Angular response of a HPGe detector to gamma-rays in in situ measurements

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Nir El, Y ^a   Sima, O ^b  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Angular response; Gamma ray detector; In situ measurements; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOISOTOPES;

ANGULAR RESPONSE;

GAMMA RAYS;

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

EID: 0035052875     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00356-0     Document Type: Article

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