CONTINUOUS COMPONENT DETERMINATION IN GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA

Authors
QUINTANA B FERNANDEZ F
Citation
B. Quintana et F. Fernandez, CONTINUOUS COMPONENT DETERMINATION IN GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 411(2-3), 1998, pp. 475-493
Citations number
22
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
411
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
475 - 493
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)411:2-3<475:CCDIGS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A method has been developed for an accurate estimation of the continuu m of high-resolution gamma-ray spectra. The result is a computer progr am, COSPAJ, which calculates a function that represents the entire con tinuous spectral component. Determining the base line under full-energ y peaks is the direct application of this program. We show that our me thod is suitable for a wide variety of features including those affect ing low radionuclide activities in environmental samples where the inf luence of background level and shape is higher. (C) 1998 Elsevier Scie nce B.V. All rights reserved.