Experimental Response Functions and Response Matrices for 2.54-cm x 2. 54-cm and 7.62-cm x 7.62-cm Bismuth Germanate Scintillation Detectors

Abstract

We report experimental response functions at twelve gamma-ray energies over the range of 123.6 keV to 11.67 MeV for a 2.54-cm-diameter x 2.54- cm-long and a 7.62-cm-diameter x 7.62-cm long bismuth germanate scintillation detector. The measurements were made at, or corrected to correspond to, source- to-detector distances of 100 cm. The resolutions of the detectors at a gamma-ray energy of 661.6 keV are 11.6 percent for the small detector and 13.0 percent for the large detector.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230140

Entities

People

  • John R. Lowell
  • Rex R. Kiziah

Organizations

  • United States Air Force Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Calorific Value
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Detectors
  • Gamma Ray Spectra
  • Gamma Rays
  • Germanates
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Real Variables
  • Scattering
  • Scintillation Counters
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • United States Air Force Academy
  • Water Tanks

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.