Characterisation, modelling and optimisation of the model of a HPGe detector with the aid of point sources

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1438-1440

  Marzocchi, O ^a,b   Breustedt, B ^a   Urban, M ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detector model; HPGe detectors; ISOCS; MCNPX; Monte Carlo; Point source measurements

Indexed keywords

CANBERRA; CHARACTERISATION; COUNT RATES; DETECTOR MODELS; HPGE DETECTORS; INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE; INNER STRUCTURE; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; MONTE CARLO; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETRIC SIMULATIONS; POINT SOURCE MEASUREMENTS; POINT SOURCES; VIRTUAL MODELS;

DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; GERMANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAMETRIC TEST; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 77952955564     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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