Beta-Gated Gamma Coincidence Counting with a Phoswich Detector

1 January 1982

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Vol. 29 (1) , 812-815
https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.1982.4335965

Abstract

A special type of phoswich detector system has been evaluated for measurement of radionuclides which decay with emission of time coincident beta and gamma radiation. Background reductions of more than two orders of magnitude have been obtained for the energy region from 500-950 keV. Both NE 102 plastic scintillators and anthracene were evaluated. Advantages and disadvantages of the method are discussed.

Keywords

GAMMA RAY DETECTION
GAMMA RAY DETECTORS
PHOTOMULTIPLIERS
FACE DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
PLASTICS
PULSE CIRCUITS
PULSE MEASUREMENTS
PULSE SHAPING METHODS
COAXIAL CABLES

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Evaluation of a Phoswich Detector for the in Situ Analysis of 90Sr
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1980
Low Background Beta Counting with CaF2(Eu) in a Phoswich Configuration
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1978