HPGe detector photopeak efficiency calculation including self-absorption and coincidence corrections for cylindrical sources using compact analytical expressions
a Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
b Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt
Abstract:
Total and full-energy peak efficiencies, coincidence correction factors and the source self-absorption of a p-type coaxial HPGe detector for cylindrical sources have been calculated using direct analytical expressions. In the experiments gamma aqueous sources containing several radionuclides covering the energy range from 60 to 1836 keV were used. By comparison, the theoretical and experimental full-energy peak efficiency values are in good agreement.