Gilmore, Gordon

Practical gamma-ray spectrometry / Gordon Gilmore - 2nd ed. - UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2008 - 387 p.

1. Radioactive decay and the origin of gamma and X-radiation
2. Interactions of gamma radiation with matter
3. Semiconductor detectors for gamma-ray spectrometry
4. Electronics for gamma-ray spectrometry
5. Statistics of counting
6. Resolution: origins and control
7. Spectrometer calibration
8. True coincidence summing
9. Scintillation spectrometry
10. Choosing and setting up a detector, and checking its specification
11. Troubleshooting



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Physics--Gamma ray spectrometry

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