DETEFF: An improved Monte Carlo computer program for evaluating the efficiency in coaxial gamma-ray detectors

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

Volumn 586, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-210

  Díaz, N Cornejo ^a   Vargas, M Jurado ^b  

^a Centro de Proteccion e Higiene de las Radiaciones   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency calibration; Gamma ray spectrometry; HpGe detectors; Monte Carlo methods

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COAXIAL GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; EFFICIENCY CALIBRATION; HPGE DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO COMPUTER PROGRAMS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 39049106453     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.11.072     Document Type: Article

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