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Verification of gamma spectroscopy programs: Multiplet area problems and solutions

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In this work we demonstrate that the latest addition to the Canberra/Nuclear Data family of software packages, Genie-PC, performs as well as or better than the older software packages with respect to the doublet tests reported on earlier. In addition, we demonstrate the behavior of the various software packages for a doublet which includes the 511 keV annihilation line. And we show that using other means to break a doublet into its component areas will also lead to accurate overall results.

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  1. Canberra Nuclear Products Group, 800 Research Pkwy, 06450, Meriden, CT, USA

    M. J. Koskelo

  2. Canberra Nuclear Products Group, 150 Spring Lake Dr., 60143, Itasca, IL, USA

    M. T. Mercier

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Koskelo, M.J., Mercier, M.T. Verification of gamma spectroscopy programs: Multiplet area problems and solutions. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 193, 211–217 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02039877

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