A detailed investigation of HPGe detector response for improved Monte Carlo efficiency calculations

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

Volumn 587, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 304-314

  Boson, Jonas ^a,b   Ågren, Göran ^a   Johansson, Lennart ^b  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dead layer; Efficiency calibration; Gamma ray spectrometry; HPGe detector; MCNP; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DEAD LAYERS; EFFICIENCY CALIBRATION; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY; HPGE DETECTOR;

DETECTORS;

EID: 40849106330     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.01.062     Document Type: Article

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