GEANT4 code for simulation of a germanium gamma-ray detector and its application to efficiency calibration

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

Volumn 518, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 764-774

  Hurtado, S ^a   Garcia Leon M ^a   Garcia Tenorio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency calibration; Efficiency transfer; Gamma spectrometry; GEANT4; Monte Carlo simulation; Optimised detector model; Variance reduction

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM;

EFFICIENCY TRANSFER; GAMMA-SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMIZED DETECTOR MODELS;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0742268390     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.09.057     Document Type: Article

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