New approach to calculate the true-coincidence effect of HpGe detector

Wagiran, H.; Ibrahim, N.; Hamzah, S.; Elias, M. S.; Siong, W. B.

doi:10.1063/1.4940074

Title: New approach to calculate the true-coincidence effect of HpGe detector

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The corrections for true-coincidence effects in HpGe detector are important, especially at low source-to-detector distances. This work established an approach to calculate the true-coincidence effects experimentally for HpGe detectors of type Canberra GC3018 and Ortec GEM25-76-XLB-C, which are in operation at neutron activation analysis lab in Malaysian Nuclear Agency (NM). The correction for true-coincidence effects was performed close to detector at distances 2 and 5 cm using {sup 57}Co, {sup 60}Co, {sup 133}Ba and {sup 137}Cs as standard point sources. The correction factors were ranged between 0.93-1.10 at 2 cm and 0.97-1.00 at 5 cm for Canberra HpGe detector; whereas for Ortec HpGe detector ranged between 0.92-1.13 and 0.95-100 at 2 and 5 cm respectively. The change in efficiency calibration curve of the detector at 2 and 5 cm after correction was found to be less than 1%. Moreover, the polynomial parameters functions were simulated through a computer program, MATLAB in order to find an accurate fit to the experimental data points.

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Wagiran, H. ^[1]; Ibrahim, N. ^[2]; Hamzah, S.; Elias, M. S. ^[3]; Siong, W. B. ^[4]

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai,Johor (Malaysia)
Faculty of Defence Science and Technology, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kem Sungai Besi, 57000 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Malaysia Nuclear Agency (MNA), Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor D.E. (Malaysia)
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Resource Science & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak (Malaysia)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2016

OSTI Identifier:: 22494529

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: AIP Conference Proceedings

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1704; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: iNuSTEC2015: International muclear science, technology and engineering conference 2015, Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia), 17-19 Aug 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; BARIUM 133; CALIBRATION; CESIUM 137; COBALT 57; COBALT 60; COMPUTER CODES; CORRECTIONS; DIAGRAMS; DISTANCE; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POINT SOURCES; SIMULATION

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                    Alnour, I. A., E-mail: aaibrahim3@live.utm.my, E-mail: ibrahim.elnour@yahoo.com, Wagiran, H., Ibrahim, N., Hamzah, S., Elias, M. S., and Siong, W. B. New approach to calculate the true-coincidence effect of HpGe detector.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Alnour, I. A., E-mail: aaibrahim3@live.utm.my, E-mail: ibrahim.elnour@yahoo.com, Wagiran, H., Ibrahim, N., Hamzah, S., Elias, M. S., & Siong, W. B. New approach to calculate the true-coincidence effect of HpGe detector.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940074

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                    Alnour, I. A., E-mail: aaibrahim3@live.utm.my, E-mail: ibrahim.elnour@yahoo.com, Wagiran, H., Ibrahim, N., Hamzah, S., Elias, M. S., and Siong, W. B. 2016.  
        "New approach to calculate the true-coincidence effect of HpGe detector".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940074.

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@article{osti_22494529,

  title        = {New approach to calculate the true-coincidence effect of HpGe detector},

  author       = {Alnour, I. A., E-mail: aaibrahim3@live.utm.my, E-mail: ibrahim.elnour@yahoo.com and Wagiran, H. and Ibrahim, N. and Hamzah, S. and Elias, M. S. and Siong, W. B.},

  abstractNote = {The corrections for true-coincidence effects in HpGe detector are important, especially at low source-to-detector distances. This work established an approach to calculate the true-coincidence effects experimentally for HpGe detectors of type Canberra GC3018 and Ortec GEM25-76-XLB-C, which are in operation at neutron activation analysis lab in Malaysian Nuclear Agency (NM). The correction for true-coincidence effects was performed close to detector at distances 2 and 5 cm using {sup 57}Co, {sup 60}Co, {sup 133}Ba and {sup 137}Cs as standard point sources. The correction factors were ranged between 0.93-1.10 at 2 cm and 0.97-1.00 at 5 cm for Canberra HpGe detector; whereas for Ortec HpGe detector ranged between 0.92-1.13 and 0.95-100 at 2 and 5 cm respectively. The change in efficiency calibration curve of the detector at 2 and 5 cm after correction was found to be less than 1%. Moreover, the polynomial parameters functions were simulated through a computer program, MATLAB in order to find an accurate fit to the experimental data points.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4940074},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22494529},
  journal      = {AIP Conference Proceedings},

  issn         = {0094-243X},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 1704,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Fri Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2016}

}

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