Monte Carlo simulation of the self-absorption corrections for natural samples in gamma-ray spectrometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 893-898

  Vargas, M Jurado ^a   Timon A Fernandez ^a,b   Diaz N Cornejo ^b   Sanchez D Perez ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Proteccion e Higiene de las Radiaciones   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectrometry; HpGe detectors; Self attenuation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

COAXIAL DETECTORS;

GAMMA RAYS;

ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0036888622     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00220-8     Document Type: Article

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