Application of PENELOPE code to the efficiency calibration of coaxial germanium detectors

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1319-1322

  Jurado Vargas, M ^a   Guerra, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency calibration; Gamma ray spectrometry; Ge detectors; Monte carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; GERMANIUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SILICA;

EFFICIENCY CALIBRATION; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; GE DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

GERMANIUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CRYSTAL; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DENSITY; DEVICE; ENERGY; EVALUATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PURITY GERMANIUM DETECTOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; THICKNESS;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GERMANIUM; INTERNATIONALITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33751119893     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.037     Document Type: Article

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