Low-level gamma-ray spectrometry
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
- Vol. 17 (S) , S403-S413
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/17/s/041
Abstract
Low-level gamma-ray spectrometry generally equates to high-sensitivity gamma-ray spectrometry that can be attained by background reduction, selective signal identification, or some combination of both. Various methods for selectively identifying gamma-ray events and for reducing the background in gamma ray spectrometers are given. The relative magnitude of each effect on overall sensitivity and the relative 'cost' for implementing them are given so that a cost/benefit comparison can be made and a sufficiently sensitive spectrometer system can be designed for any application without going to excessive or unnecessary expense.Keywords
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