Energy calibration of plastic scintillators for low energy electrons by using Compton scatterings of gamma rays

Authors
Kudomi, N
Citation
N. Kudomi, Energy calibration of plastic scintillators for low energy electrons by using Compton scatterings of gamma rays, NUCL INST A, 430(1), 1999, pp. 96-99
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
430
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
96 - 99
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(19990621)430:1<96:ECOPSF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
An energy calibration of plastic scintillators for electrons in the energy region 0.5-3 MeV is shown to be made by means of Compton scatterings of gam ma-rays. The shape of the Compton spectrum was analytically derived and the availability of the shape function was tested by fitting the simulated spe ctrum. The method to derive the energy and energy resolution at the Compton edge of the gamma-ray is described. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rig hts reserved.