Coincidence-summing in gamma-ray spectrometry by excitation of matrix X-rays

D Arnold; O Sima

doi:10.1016/s0969-8043(99)00236-5

Coincidence-summing in gamma-ray spectrometry by excitation of matrix X-rays

Appl Radiat Isot. 2000 Mar;52(3):725-32. doi: 10.1016/s0969-8043(99)00236-5.

Authors

D Arnold¹, O Sima

Affiliation

¹ Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany. dirk.arnold@ptb.de

PMID: 10724432
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8043(99)00236-5

Abstract

Sources containing 75Se in a Pb(NO3)2 solution and in water matrices were measured using a well-type and a coaxial HPGe detector. The excitation and detection of characteristic lead X-rays increase coincidence losses from the peaks of 75Se in the case of the Pb(NO3)2 source. Sum peaks between gamma-rays of selenium and lead X-rays are observed in the spectra. The experimental results are in accordance with results of computations carried out with an extension of the GESPECOR Monte Carlo program.