Calibration of a very large ultra-low background well-type Ge detector for environmental sample measurements in an underground laboratory

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

Volumn 524, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 264-272

  Gurriaran, R ^a   Barker, E ^a   Bouisset, P ^a   Cagnat, X ^a   Ferguson, C ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Gamma ray spectrometry; Monte Carlo simulation; Self absorption; True coincidence summing

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; CRYOSTATS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SPECTROMETRY;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; PHOTO ATTENUATION; SELF ABSORPTION; TRUE COINCIDENCE SUMMING;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 2342603020     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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