A comparison of low-level gamma-spectrometers within the GERDA collaboration

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 897, Issue , 2007, Pages 26-31

  Budjas D ^a   Heisel, M ^a   Hult, M ^b   Klimenko, A ^c,d   Laubenstein, M ^e   Lindahl, P ^b   Simgen, H ^a   Smolnikov, A ^c,d   Tomei, C ^e   Vasiliev, S ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^e LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detection efficiency; Gamma spectrometry; Geant4; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248143856     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2722064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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