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Monte Carlo Simulation and Experimental Study of Alpha Decays in 4\(\pi \) Absorbers

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To investigate the possible origins of peak splitting and low energy tails in measured Q spectra of 4\(\pi \) measurements, we introduced a Geant4 simulation to generate alpha-decay events where the energy loss mechanism of alphas and daughter nuclei refers to G4ScreenedNuclearRecoil. The Monte Carlo method with the assumption of incomplete heat release from the source layer to the 4\(\pi \) gold absorber reproduced the characteristics of the measured spectra of various radionuclides in samples that were prepared with different heat-treatment times.

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  1. Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, 209 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon , 305-340, Republic of Korea

    J. H. Lee, Y. S. Jang, W. S. Yoon, S. J. Lee, G. B. Kim, H. J. Lee, J. Y. Lee, M. K. Lee & Y. H. Kim

  2. University of Science and Technology, Daejeon , 305-333, Republic of Korea

    W. S. Yoon, H. J. Lee & Y. H. Kim

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Y. S. Jang equally contributed as the first author. Now at Korea Atomic Energy Res. Institute.

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Lee, J.H., Jang, Y.S., Yoon, W.S. et al. Monte Carlo Simulation and Experimental Study of Alpha Decays in 4\(\pi \) Absorbers. J Low Temp Phys 176, 1053–1061 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-014-1107-7

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