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A high resolution 4π alpha spectrometer with silicon surface barrier detectors

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An alpha counting system has been designed which gives counting geometry of nearly 4π with resolution capabilities of 25 keV or better. The alpha source is electro-deposited onto a thin gold foil which is sandwiched between two silicon surface barrier detectors. Alpha pulses from the two detectors are amplified, normalized and summed as a single pulse height spectrum. The techniques for the electrodeposition of the alpha activity onto the thin gold foil are described.

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  1. Geochronology Laboratory, University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, Georgia, (USA)

    J. E. Noakes

  2. Physics Department, North Texas State University, 76203, Denton, Texas, (USA)

    J. L. Duggan

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Noakes, J.E., Duggan, J.L. A high resolution 4π alpha spectrometer with silicon surface barrier detectors. J. Radioanal. Chem. 43, 399–409 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02519501

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