THE INFLUENCE OF BACKING AND COVERING MATERIALS ON THE 2-PI-COUNTING EFFICIENCIES OF BETA-PARTICLE SOURCES

Authors
BERGER MJ UNTERWEGER MP HUTCHINSON JMR
Citation
Mj. Berger et al., THE INFLUENCE OF BACKING AND COVERING MATERIALS ON THE 2-PI-COUNTING EFFICIENCIES OF BETA-PARTICLE SOURCES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 369(2-3), 1996, pp. 684-688
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
369
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
684 - 688
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)369:2-3<684:TIOBAC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
This paper describes Monte Carlo calculations and measurements of 2 pi -counting efficiencies of various types of beta-particle sources, incl uding the following: (1) sources at the surface of electroplated foils : (2) sources incorporated into surface layers (with a thickness of a few mu m) of anodized backing foils; (3) sources sandwiched between a backing foil and a covering mylar layer. The Monte Carlo results also include energy spectra and angular distributions of the emerging beta particles.