Application of the Monte Carlo method to the analysis of measurement geometries for the calibration of a HP Ge detector in an environmental radioactivity laboratory

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 263, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 144-148

  Ródenas, José ^a   Gallardo, Sergio ^a   Ballester, Silvia ^a   Primault, Virginie ^a   Ortiz, Josefina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detector calibration; Environmental radioactivity; Gamma spectrometry; Germanium dead layer; HP Ge detector; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVITY;

DETECTOR CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GERMANIUM DEAD LAYER; HP GE DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 34548840275     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.210     Document Type: Article

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