Calibration of HPGe gamma-ray detectors for measurement of radioactive noble gas sources

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-233

  Pibida, L ^a   Nafee, S S ^a,b   Unterweger, M ^a   Hammond, M M ^a   Karam, L ^a   Abbas, M I ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Efficiency measurements; Gamma ray spectrometry; Gas spheres; Germanium detectors

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA REDUCTION; GERMANIUM; INERT GASES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; RADIATION DETECTORS;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS; GAMMA RAY ENERGY; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE NOBLE GAS SOURCES;

GAMMA RAYS;

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; GERMANIUM; INERT GAS; KRYPTON 85; RADIOISOTOPE; XENON 133;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GAS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 35649024525     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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