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Equivalence of computer codes for calculation of coincidence summing correction factors – Part II

  • 1. SCK-CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol (Belgium)
  • 2. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Avda. Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona (Spain)
  • 3. Universidad de Sevilla, CITIUS, Avenida Reina Mercedes 4B, 41012 Sevilla (Spain)
  • 4. Canberra Industries, Inc., 800 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450 (United States)
  • 5. Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI, Division of Defense and Security, Systems and Technology, SE-164 90 Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 6. Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
  • 7. Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel (Belgium)
  • 8. Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, SE-412 96 Göteborg (Sweden)
  • 9. Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI, Division of CBRN Defense and Security, SE-901 82 Umeå (Sweden)
  • 10. Physics Department, University of Bucharest, Bucharest-Magurele, 405 Atomistilor Str, P.O. Box MG-11, RO-077125 (Romania)

Description

The aim of this study was to check for equivalence of computer codes that are capable of performing calculations of true coincidence summing (TCS) correction factors. All calculations were performed for a set of well-defined detector parameters, sample parameters and decay scheme data. The studied geometry was a point source of 133Ba positioned directly on the detector window of a low-energy (n-type) detector. Good agreement was established between the TCS correction factors computed by the different codes. - Highlights: • Equivalence of computer codes used for calculation of TCS corrections was checked. • Codes were compared with each other for a well-defined detector and sample model. • All the codes used the same DDEP decay scheme data. • A simulated 133Ba point source was placed onto the window of an n-type detector. • Good agreement was found between the results of the different computer codes.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.11.071

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.11.071;
PII
S0969-8043(15)30305-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
109
Journal Page Range
p. 482-486
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

Conference

Title
20. international conference on radionuclide metrology and its applications
Dates
8-11 Jun 2015
Place
Vienna (Austria)

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