Open AccessDevelopment of a semi-empirical calibration method by using a LaBr3(Ce) scintillation detector for NORM samples analyses
Author(s) -
Eleni Ntalla,
Angelos P. Markopoulos,
K. Karfopoulos,
C. Potiriadis,
A. Clouvas,
A. Savidou
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hnps advances in nuclear physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2654-0088
pISSN - 2654-007X
DOI - 10.12681/hnps.3213
Subject(s) - scintillator , detector , calibration , scintillation , photon , physics , range (aeronautics) , photon energy , computational physics , nuclear physics , optics , materials science , quantum mechanics , composite material
In this study, a semi-empirical calibration method for NORM samples measurement by using a LaBr3(Ce) scintillator was developed based on a combination of experimental gamma spectrometry measurements and MCNP-X simulations. The aim of this work is to provide us with full energy peak efficiency calibration curves in a wide photon energy range which is of particular importance when selected photon energies of 234Th, 214Pb, 214Bi, 228Ac, 208Tl and 226Ra are to be measured with accuracy.