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Title: An experimental study of energy dependence of saturation thickness of multiply scattered gamma rays in binary alloys

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929209· OSTI ID:22488810
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. GGSSSchool Bharat Nagar, Ludhiana (India)
  2. Physics Department, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002 (India)

The present measurements are carried out to investigate the multiple scattering of 662 keV gamma photons emerging from targets of binary alloys (brass and soldering material). The scattered photons are detected by 51 mm × 51 mm NaI(Tl) scintillation detector whose response unscrambling converting the observed pulse–height distribution to a true photon energy spectrum, is obtained with the help of 10 × 10 inverse response matrix. The numbers of multiply scattered events, having same energy as in the singly scattered distribution, first increases with target thickness and then saturate. The application of response function of scintillation detector does not result in any change of measured saturation thickness. Monte Carlo calculation supports the present experimental results.

OSTI ID:
22488810
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1675, Issue 1; Conference: AMRP-2015: 4. national conference on advanced materials and radiation physics, Longowal (India), 13-14 Mar 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English