Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis of germanium detector response to γ-rays with energies below 1 MeV

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

Volumn 538, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 631-639

  Maleka, P P ^a   Maucec M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Germanium detector; Monte Carlo simulation; Pulse height response function

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALIBRATION; FUNCTIONS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

GERMANIUM DETECTORS; HIGH-PRECISION GERMANIUM (HPGE); PHOTON ENERGY; PULSE-HEIGHT RESPONSE FUNCTION;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 15744406082     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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