title: Calculation of coincidence summing in gamma-ray spectrometry with the EGS5 code.
abstract: Coincidence summing correction factors, including not only γ-γ and X-γ, but also β-γ and conversion electron-γ, coincidences were calculated by Monte Carlo simulation of decay schemes by using the EGS5 code. A large contribution from β-rays to the factors was found for24Na for the n-type detector in the case of close source-to-detector geometry with a point source.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan. Electronic address: kajimoto@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kajimoto
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
authors.forename: Nguyen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tat Thanh
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shizuma
keywords: Coincidence summing; EGS5; Monte Carlo simulation