Published May 24, 2005 | Version v1
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An Investigation of 154Eu as a High-Precision Multi-γ-Ray Intensity Calibration Standard for Detector Arrays

Creators

  • 1. School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6507 (United States)
  • 3. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)

Description

The decay of 154Eu has been studied using γ-ray singles and γ - γ coincidence spectroscopy with an array of Compton-suppressed Ge detectors. Particular attention to coincidence summing in the analysis, with consideration of detailed decay cascades and angular correlation effects, suggests that previous studies have overlooked necessary corrections. It is concluded that 154Eu provides 26 γ rays that can be used for relative efficiency calibrations from 120 to 1600 keV at the 0.7% precision level and that this precision could be improved in the future

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.1945134;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
769
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 830-833
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
International conference on nuclear data for science and technology
Dates
26 Sep - 1 Oct 2004
Place
Santa Fe, NM (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37035190
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ANGULAR CORRELATION; CALIBRATION; CALIBRATION STANDARDS; CORRECTIONS; EFFICIENCY; EUROPIUM 154; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; KEV RANGE; NUCLEAR DECAY
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CORRELATIONS; DECAY; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENERGY RANGE; EUROPIUM ISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE EARTH NUCLEI; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDARDS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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