scholarly journals Influence of radiation energy and angle of incidence on the uncertainty in measurements by GM counters

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koviljka Stankovic ◽  
Milos Vujisic

This paper discusses the influence of radiation energy and angle of incidence as possible sources of uncertainties in measurements performed by GM counters. Based on the detection efficiency of GM counters, it has been concluded that the energy of incident radiation does not contribute to the overall uncertainty. The angle of incident radiation does contribute to overall uncertainty, but only in the case of gamma radiation detection. In that case, the uncertainty should be determined by using geometrical probability.

2014 ◽  
Vol 668-669 ◽  
pp. 1011-1014
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Guo Zheng Zhu ◽  
Zhen Ni Xing

Gallium nitride (GaN) is the third generation of semiconductor material; it has a large band gap, high thermal conductivity, low dielectric constant, high drift speed, etc. Radiation detectors based on GaN material have small volume, high radiation resistance, and fast response, can be used to replace the existing Large Hadron Collider vertex detector and track detector. Energy deposition characteristic of GaN detectors to radiation beam is an important factor for detection efficiency, and there are many factors that affect the energy deposition characteristics of the detector, like the detection mechanism, the impact of material properties, the type of incident ray, radiation energy, and many other factors. This paper studies the physical properties of GaN detector by calculation based on Monte Carlo simulation. Energy deposition characteristics are discussed respectively for incident γ-ray with different energy, in the front-end and back-end add PTFE material. The results of our study present the theoretical properties of GaN radiation detectors.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 3376
Author(s):  
Xi Zhang ◽  
Qiangqiang Xie ◽  
Siwei Xie ◽  
Xin Yu ◽  
Jianfeng Xu ◽  
...  

Portable radiation detectors are widely used in environmental radiation detection and medical imaging due to their portability feature, high detection efficiency, and large field of view. Lutetium-yttrium oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) is a widely used scintillator in gamma radiation detection. However, the structure and the arrangement of scintillators limit the sensitivity and detection accuracy of these radiation detectors. In this study, a novel portable sensor based on a monolithic LYSO ring was developed for the detection of environmental radiation through simulation, followed by construction and assessments. Monte Carlo simulations were utilized to prove the detection of gamma rays at 511 keV by the developed sensor. The simulations data, including energy resolutions, decoding errors, and sensitivity, showed good potential for the detection of gamma rays by the as-obtained sensor. The experimental results using the VA method revealed decoding errors in the energy window width of 50 keV less than 2°. The average error was estimated at 0.67°, a sufficient value for the detection of gamma radiation. In sum, the proposed radiation sensor appears promising for the construction of high-performance radiation detectors and systems.


2002 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. G. Laranjeira ◽  
H. J. Khoury ◽  
W. M. de Azevedo ◽  
E. F. da Silva ◽  
E. A. de Vasconcelos

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Felix Lehner ◽  
Jürgen Roth ◽  
Oliver Hupe ◽  
Marc Kassubeck ◽  
Benedikt Bergmann ◽  
...  

Abstract. This paper presents a method of how to determine spatial angles of ionizing radiation incidence quickly, using a Timepix3 detector. This work focuses on the dosimetric applications where detectors and measured quantities show significant angle dependencies. A determined angle of incidence can be used to correct for the angle dependence of a planar Timepix3 detector. Up until now, only passive dosemeters have been able to provide a correct dose and preserve the corresponding incidence angle of the radiation. Unfortunately, passive dosemeters cannot provide this information in “real” time. In our special setup we were able to retrieve the spatial angles with a runtime of less than 600 ms. Employing the new Timepix3 detector enables the use of effective data analysis where the direction of incident radiation is computed from a simple photon event map. In order to obtain this angle, we combine the information extracted from the map with known 3D geometry surrounding the detector. Moreover, we analyze the computation time behavior, conditions and optimizations of the developed spatial angle calculation algorithm.


2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 2151-2161
Author(s):  
K.A. Pradeep Kumar ◽  
G.A. Shanmugha Sundaram ◽  
B.K. Sharma ◽  
S. Venkatesh ◽  
R. Thiruvengadathan

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