scholarly journals Determination of the dead layer and full-energy peak efficiency of an HPGe detector using the MCNP code and experimental results

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-381
Author(s):  
M Moeinifar ◽  
A Shirani ◽  
KH Rahmani ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Hpge Detector ◽  
Full Energy Peak ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Dead Layer ◽  
Mcnp Code ◽  
Peak Efficiency ◽  
Full Energy ◽  
Energy Peak ◽  
Full Energy Peak Efficiency

Intercomparison of full energy peak efficiency curves for an HPGe detector using MCNP6 and GEANT4

2019 ◽  
Vol 155 ◽  
pp. 248-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ordóñez ◽  
S. Gallardo ◽  
J. Ortiz ◽  
M. Sáez-Muñoz ◽  
S. Martorell
Keyword(s):  
Hpge Detector ◽  
Full Energy Peak ◽  
Peak Efficiency ◽  
Full Energy ◽  
Energy Peak ◽  
Full Energy Peak Efficiency

Calculation of self-absorption and coincidence summing correction factors for the extended sources using GEANT4

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
W. Khan ◽  
C. He ◽  
Y. Cao
Keyword(s):  
Full Energy Peak ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Correction Factors ◽  
Peak Efficiency ◽  
Full Energy ◽  
Water Composition ◽  
Absorption Correction ◽  
Energy Peak ◽  
Full Energy Peak Efficiency ◽  
Coincidence Summing

A detailed study of the full energy peak efficiency of a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector including the effect of source self-absorption and coincidence summing was performed using Monte Carlo simulation, as it is difficult and time-consuming to measure the full energy peak efficiency experimentally. Cylindrical water composition source was simulated with different characteristics, covering the energy range from 60 to 1836 keV. Self-absorption correction factors (SAFcal) were calculated for two source volumes and obtained good agreement with the experimental results except for (60Co and 88Y) nuclides. The simulation was performed for various samples with different densities and observed their effects on the full energy peak efficiency value of the detector. In the case of extended volumetric source, the coincidence summing correction factors (CSFcal) for two nuclides (60Co and 88Y) were estimated with the GEANT4 simulation toolkit. The effect of correction factors on different cylindrical source volumes was also investigated. With the self-absorption and coincidence summing effect, the best agreement was achieved between simulated and experimental results with discrepancy less than 2% for all of the radionuclides included in two source volumes.

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