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Methods and software for predicting germanium detector absolute full-energy peak efficiencies

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High-purity germanium (HPGe) and lithium drifted germanium (Ge(Li)) detectors have been the detector of choice for high resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy for many years. This is primarily due to the superior energy resolution that germanium detectors present over other gamma-ray detectors. In order to perform quantitative analyses with germanium detectors, such as activity determination or nuclide identification, one must know the absolute full-energy peak efficiency at the desired gamma-ray energy. Many different methods and computer codes have been developed throughout history in an effort to predict these efficiencies using minimal or no experimental observations. A review of these methods and the computer codes that utilize them is presented.

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Jackman, K.R., Biegalski, S.R. Methods and software for predicting germanium detector absolute full-energy peak efficiencies. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 279, 355–360 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-7318-0

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