The solid angle (geometry factor) for a spherical surface source and an arbitrary detector aperture

Favorite, Jeffrey A.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.060

Title: The solid angle (geometry factor) for a spherical surface source and an arbitrary detector aperture

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It is proven that the solid angle (or geometry factor, also called the geometrical efficiency) for a spherically symmetric outward-directed surface source with an arbitrary radius and polar angle distribution and an arbitrary detector aperture is equal to the solid angle for an isotropic point source located at the center of the spherical surface source and the same detector aperture.

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Favorite, Jeffrey A. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1239547

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-26118
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; PII: S016890021501640X

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 813; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; Solid angle; geometry factor; geometrical efficiency; spherical surface source; arbitrary detector aperture

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