DocumentCode
814601
Title
Performance and Cost Comparison of a Large Ge(Li) Detector and Smaller Ge(Li)-NaI(Tl) Compton Suppression System
Author
Sanderson, Colin G. ; Latner, Norman
Author_Institution
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Health and Safety Laboratory New York, New York 10014
Volume
21
Issue
1
fYear
1974
Firstpage
553
Lastpage
557
Abstract
The performance characteristics of a high efficiency, high resolution (20%-1.85 KeV) Ge(Li) gamma-ray detector have been evaluated and are compared with a lower efficiency (13%) Ge(Li) system having NaI Compton suppression. This comparative evaluation, based on the analysis of low level environmental samples, indicates that the high performance detector generally provides better sensitivity than a comparably-priced Compton suppression unit.
Keywords
Costs; Energy resolution; Face detection; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Germanium; Logic; Solid scintillation detectors; Spectroscopy; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1974.4327514
Filename
4327514
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