Response function of a scintillator
AssigneeSoletanche Freyssinet
InventorsLudmila Konecná, Tomás Grísa
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Abstract
A method for generating a response function of a scintillator to incident gamma rays of energy within a range of energies of interest, the method including: obtaining the responses {Si} of the scintillator to a plurality of known radionuclides i (i=1, . . . N), each radionuclide i emitting gamma rays with known energetic properties (Eij, Yij), decomposing, for each radionuclide i, response Si into primary responses of the scintillator Sij=ƒ(λij, Yij, Xij), each primary response corresponding to the response of the scintillator to a received gamma ray of a known energy Eij for this radionuclide i, deriving from the primary responses {Sij} the response function ƒ(λ, X) of the scintillator to an incident gamma ray of any energy E within the range of energies of interest.
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A method for generating a response function of a scintillator to incident gamma rays of energy within a range of energies of interest, the method comprising:
- (a) obtaining the responses {Si} of the scintillator to a plurality of known radionuclides i (i=1, . . . N), each radionuclide i emitting gamma rays with known energetic properties (Eij, Yij),
- (b) decomposing, for each radionuclide i, the response Si into primary responses of the scintillator Sij=ƒ(λij, Yij, Xij), each primary response corresponding to the response of the scintillator to a received gamma ray of a known energy Eij for this radionuclide i,
- (c) deriving from the primary responses {Sij} the response function ƒ(λ, X) of the scintillator to an incident gamma ray of any energy E within the range of energies of interest.
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