Close-geometry efficiency calibration of p-type HPGe detectors with a Cs-134 point source

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1303-1306

  DeFelice, P ^a   Fazio, A ^b   Vidmar, T ^c   Korun, M ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Close geometry; Cs 134; Detector calibration; Gamma ray spectrometry; True coincidence summing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR CORRECTION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MEASUREMENT THEORY;

CLOSE GEOMETRY; CS-134; DETECTOR CALIBRATION; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; TRUE COINCIDENCE SUMMING;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

CESIUM 134;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COINCIDENCE SUMMING CORRECTION FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; HIGH PURITY GERMANIUM DETECTOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GUIDELINES; ITALY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33751120160     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.050     Document Type: Article

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