AUTOMATIC-ANALYSIS OF CONTINUUM PHENOMENA IN GAMMA-SPECTRA

Authors
QUINTANA B FERNANDEZ F WORDEL R MOUCHEL D
Citation
B. Quintana et al., AUTOMATIC-ANALYSIS OF CONTINUUM PHENOMENA IN GAMMA-SPECTRA, Applied radiation and isotopes, 47(9-10), 1996, pp. 911-917
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Applied radiation and isotopes
ISSN journal
09698043 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
911 - 917
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-8043(1996)47:9-10<911:AOCPIG>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A method to fit the continuum of gamma spectra, developed to determine the baseline below full-energy peaks, is applied to the study of stru ctures contained within the continuum. Specifically, we analyze the tw o spectral lines which appear in the background spectra of a low-level germanium gamma-ray spectrometer due to the inelastic scattering of c osmic-ray, tertiary fast-neutrons on Ge-72 and Ge-74. The automatic an alysis of the continuum it makes possible to characterize completely t he cosmic-ray induced background and to study the environmental fast-n eutron flux. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.