Determination of HPGe detector response using MCNP5 for 20-150 keV X-rays

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 700-705

  Salgado, César Marques ^a   Conti, Claudio C ^b   Becker, Paulo H B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

MCNP5; Planar HPGe detector; X ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; GERMANIUM; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

MCNP5; PLANAR HPGE DETECTOR; X-RAY SPECTROMETRY;

X RAYS;

GERMANIUM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 33646081784     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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