title: Testing efficiency transfer codes for equivalence.
abstract: Four general Monte Carlo codes (GEANT3, PENELOPE, MCNP and EGS4) and five dedicated packages for efficiency determination in gamma-ray spectrometry (ANGLE, DETEFF, GESPECOR, ETNA and EFFTRAN) were checked for equivalence by applying them to the calculation of efficiency transfer (ET) factors for a set of well-defined sample parameters, detector parameters and energies typically encountered in environmental radioactivity measurements. The differences between the results of the different codes never exceeded a few percent and were lower than 2% in the majority of cases.
authors.affiliation: European Commission, JRC, IRMM, Geel, Belgium. Tim.Vidmar@ec.europa.eu
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authors.lastname: Celik
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authors.lastname: Cornejo Díaz
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authors.lastname: Carrazana González
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authors.lastname: Mihaljević
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authors.lastname: Jurado Vargas
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authors.lastname: Vasilopoulou
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mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012984:Software