Summation of pulses in ?-ray spectra
- Resource Type
- Authors
- V. I. Fominykh; K.Ya. Gromov; V.G. Chumin; Zh. K. Samatov
- Source
- Instruments and Experimental Techniques. 48:43-46
- Subject
- Nuclear physics
Nuclear reaction
Physics
Measure (physics)
Atomic physics
Radiation
Instrumentation
Spectral line
Background radiation
- Language
- ISSN
- 1608-3180
0020-4412
It is shown that peaks formed in γ-ray spectra by summing the pulses due to γ cascades can be used to determine both the activity of the radiation source and the efficiency of detecting the γ rays. Possible sources of errors in determining these quantities were investigated. This method may be used to measure the cross sections of nuclear reactions, to analyze the background radiation when searching for rare decays, and in other applications.