title: Monte Carlo validation of the self-attenuation correction determination with the Cutshall transmission method in ²¹⁰Pb measurements by gamma-spectrometry.
abstract: The accuracy of estimation of the self-attenuation correction Cs with the Cutshall transmission method in (210)Pb measurements by gamma-spectrometry was assessed using the Monte Carlo method. The Cutshall method overestimates the correction for samples with linear attenuation coefficient at 46.5 keV higher than that of the standard and underestimates it in the opposite case. The highest bias was found for thick samples. C(s,Cuts)/C(s) ratio grows linearly with sample linear attenuation coefficient.
authors.affiliation: AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland. Electronic address: jodlowski@fis.agh.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jodłowski
authors.affiliation: AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wachniew
authors.affiliation: AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Chau Nguyen
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Dinh
keywords: (210)Pb; Cutshall method; Gamma-ray spectrometry; Monte Carlo simulation; Self-attenuation