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Determination of the cascade summation coefficients of gamma quanta for a semiconductor detector in the 59–2754 keV range

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A method of measuring the cascade summation coefficients of a semiconductor Ge(Li)-detector with a relative efficiency of 15% without using calculation programs is proposed. An uncertainty of 2% (k = 2) in the cascade summation coefficients obtained for energies of 59–2754 keV is obtained. A method of constructing the overall efficiency curve of the detector up to an energy of 2754 keV using 60Co, 88Y, and 24Na radionuclides is proposed. The measured cascade summation coefficients are compared with those calculated using the ETNA program (LNHB, France).

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    E. E. Tereshchenko & M. A. Ras’ko

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 9, pp. 58–62, September, 2006.

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Tereshchenko, E.E., Ras’ko, M.A. Determination of the cascade summation coefficients of gamma quanta for a semiconductor detector in the 59–2754 keV range. Meas Tech 49, 932–938 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-006-0215-4

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