Absolute calibration of 60Co by using sum-peak method and an HPGe detector

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-233

  Kim, I J ^a   Park, C S ^a   Choi, H D ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

60Co; Angular correlation; HPGe; Pulse pile up; Shaping time; Sum peak method

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CALIBRATION; COBALT; EXTRAPOLATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETRY;

SUM-PEAK METHOD;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

COBALT 60;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 0037314716     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00295-6     Document Type: Article

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