Monte Carlo efficiency transfer method for full energy peak efficiency calibration of three type HPGe detectors: A coaxial N-type, a coaxial P-type and four BEGe detectors

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

Volumn 564, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 608-613

  Liye, Liu ^a   Jizeng, Ma ^a   Franck, Didier ^b   de Carlan, Loic ^b   Binquan, Zhang ^a,c  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE FOR RADIATION PROTECTION   (China)

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

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Efficiency transfer; Full energy peak efficiency; HPGe detector; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SPECTROMETERS;

EFFICIENCY TRANSFER; FULL-ENERGY PEAK EFFICIENCY; HPGE DETECTOR; MONTE CARLO;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 33746165563     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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