Testing efficiency transfer codes for equivalence

Vidmar T., Celik N., Cornejo Diaz N., Dlabac A., Ewa I. O. B., Carrazana Gonzalez J. A., ...More

APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES, vol.68, no.2, pp.355-359, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 68 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.10.012
  • Journal Name: APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.355-359
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Four general Monte Carlo codes (GEANT3, PENELOPE, MCNP and EGS4) and five dedicated packages for efficiency determination in gamma-ray spectrometry (ANGLE, DETEFF, GESPECOR, ETNA and EFFTRAN) were checked for equivalence by applying them to the calculation of efficiency transfer (ET) factors for a set of well-defined sample parameters, detector parameters and energies typically encountered in environmental radioactivity measurements. The differences between the results of the different codes never exceeded a few percent and were lower than 2% in the majority of cases. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.