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We have developed two nonconventional but complementary methods whereby the detector efficiency of a coaxial germanium detector can be determined within an accuracy of a few percent for the energy region from 0.05 to 4.0 MeV without using conventional radioactive standards.
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Gunnink, R., Prindle, A.L. Nonconventional methods for accurately calibrating germanium detectors. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 160, 305–314 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02037106
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