Contribution of 210Pb bremsstrahlung to the background of lead shielded gamma spectrometers

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

Volumn 572, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 739-744

  Mrda, D ^a   Bikit, I ^a   Veskovic M ^a   Forkapic S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

210Pb decay; Bremsstrahlung; Gamma ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GAMMA RAYS; LEAD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPECTROMETERS;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG; GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY; PB DECAY; SEMI EMPIRICAL METHODS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 33846950853     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.12.037     Document Type: Article

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