Detection efficiency calibration for an array of fourteen HPGe detectors
- 주제(키워드) An array of HPGe detectors , Dead layer , Detection efficiency calibration , GEANT4 simulation
- 등재 SCIE, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 Elsevier Ltd
- 발행년도 2023
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000203938
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110654
초록/요약
The CUP array of germanium (CAGe) is an array of fourteen high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors. The detection efficiency of full-energy-peak emitted from the various samples assayed on the CAGe was calculated using the Monte Carlo simulation toolkit GEANT4. If the dead layer on the surface of the crystal is treated in the simulation as a continuous part of the active crystal, then the detection efficiency will be overestimated. Thus, the detection efficiency of the CAGe was adjusted using multi-nuclide source data and Monte Carlo simulations. The gamma spectra of the known activity source were obtained for each HPGe detector of the CAGe. The detection efficiency measured by the multi-source data was smaller than that of simulation data if the simulation treated the whole volume of germanium crystals as active for gamma detection. By optimizing the dead layers’ thicknesses in the simulation, the detection efficiency calculated by the simulation could be matched to that of multi-source data. © 2023
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