TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of true coincidence summing correction in Genie 2000 V3.2
AU - Zhu, Hank
AU - Morris, Kara
AU - Mueller, Wilhelm
AU - Field, Mike
AU - Venkataraman, Ram
AU - Lamontagne, Joseph
AU - Bronson, Frazier
AU - Berlizov, Andrey
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - A new cascade summing correction method with the algorithm extended to include true coincidence summing effects from low-energy gamma-rays, KX-rays from Electron Capture and Internal Conversion, and to include the 511 keV positron annihilation photons has been developed and implemented in Genie 2000 V3.2 released in 2009. To validate the accuracy and precision of the extended correction method, measurements of calibrated sources containing cascading nuclides from various types of ISOCS/LabSOCS characterized High Purity Germanium detectors have been analyzed. Validation of the true coincidence summing correction factors for the extended correction method has been made by comparison to the results from the Monte Carlo code MCNP-CP. In addition, comparison between the measured and the known activities of the cascading nuclides was performed, which shows that the method is effective and accurate.
AB - A new cascade summing correction method with the algorithm extended to include true coincidence summing effects from low-energy gamma-rays, KX-rays from Electron Capture and Internal Conversion, and to include the 511 keV positron annihilation photons has been developed and implemented in Genie 2000 V3.2 released in 2009. To validate the accuracy and precision of the extended correction method, measurements of calibrated sources containing cascading nuclides from various types of ISOCS/LabSOCS characterized High Purity Germanium detectors have been analyzed. Validation of the true coincidence summing correction factors for the extended correction method has been made by comparison to the results from the Monte Carlo code MCNP-CP. In addition, comparison between the measured and the known activities of the cascading nuclides was performed, which shows that the method is effective and accurate.
KW - Gamma-ray spectroscopy
KW - Radiation detection
KW - True coincidence summing
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U2 - 10.1007/s10967-009-0148-x
DO - 10.1007/s10967-009-0148-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890547277
SN - 0236-5731
VL - 282
SP - 205
EP - 209
JO - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
JF - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
IS - 1
ER -