DETERMINATION OF SCINTILLATION COUNTER RESOLVING POWER

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1962 · Pribory i Tekh. Ekspt.

OSTI ID:4801464

Tsirlin, Yu A; Shvets, V A; Khudenskii, Yu K

An attempt is made to establish a relation between two methods for determining the resolving power of a spectrometer: the method using the curve of n( nu ) pulse distribution for the photopeak from Co/sup 60/ gamma rays and determining the relation of the half-width of the photopeak to its abscissa R = ( DELTA nu / nu ) 100% or the method of comparing photopeaks E/sub 1/ = 1.17 Mev and E/sub 2/ = 1.33 Mev for Co/sup 60/ gamma rays with the minimum depth between them. The relation between the ratio of the peak E/sub 2/= 1.33 Mev to the ordinate of the minimum curve n( nu ) for Co/sup 60/ and the R/sub C/sup o/ resolution for 1.33 Mev gamma rays was found. The calculations did not consider the background and the drop in the Compton continuum near the minimum between photopeaks. (R.V.J.)

• Research Organization: All-Union Inst. of Scientific Research on Monocrystals, Scintillation Materials and Pure Chemical Elements, USSR
• NSA Number: NSA-16-027321
• OSTI ID: 4801464
• Journal Information: Pribory i Tekh. Ekspt., Journal Name: Pribory i Tekh. Ekspt. Vol. Vol: 7
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: Russian

Related Subjects

BACKGROUND
COBALT 60
COMPTON EFFECT
ENERGY LEVELS
ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT
GAMMA RADIATION
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
RESOLUTION
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SPECTROMETERS