CONSTRUCTION AND CALIBRATION OF AN ANTI-COMPTON SPECTROMETER,

Abstract

By suppressing the Compton response the antiCompton spectrometer emphasizes the photopeak without sacrificing resolution. The detector's response matrix is experimentally determined with five monoenergetic gamma ray sources. By interpolating between these known energies and extrapolating from these measured shapes the response to gamma rays within the range 230 Kev to 1460 Kev is found. Applying the inverse response matrix to several line spectra unfolds the pulse height spectra. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0434765

Entities

People

  • Joseph A. Muscari Jr

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calibration
  • Construction
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Gamma Rays
  • Line Spectra
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Spectra
  • Spectral Lines
  • Spectrometers
  • Wave Phenomena

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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