Building-up a code for the purpose of TRUE coincidence summing correction in gamma-ray spectrometry with EGS4

Celik N., Altin D., ÇEVİK U.

RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, cilt.115, ss.158-163, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 115
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.07.002
  • Dergi Adı: RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.158-163
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In the presented study, a code was created for the purpose of true coincidence summing (TCS) correction factors for Cs-134. The created code was implemented in EGS4 Monte Carlo simulation package. TCS factors were determined for nine different energies for different detector-source geometries. The calculated results were successfully validated by an empirical method using a point Cs-134 radioactive source and a p-type HPGe detector having 55% relative efficiency. Although the code created gives TCS factors only for Cs-134 the technique presented can be used to obtain the factors for any radionuclide used in gamma-ray spectrometry. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.