Simple Monte-Carlo method to calibrate well-type HPGe detectors

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

Volumn 569, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 790-795

  Bochud, François ^a   Bailat, Claude J ^a   Buchillier, Thierry ^a   Byrde, François ^b   Schmid, Ernst ^b   Laedermann, Jean Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Labor Spiez   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

spectroscopy; Calibration; HPGe; Monte Carlo; Well type

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOISOTOPES;

Γ-SPECTROSCOPY; WELL-TYPE DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 34447633446     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.09.040     Document Type: Article

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