Simulación por Monte Carlo de la respuesta en eficiencia de un detector HPGe tipo pozo a la energía de 46.54 keV

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Yasser Morera Gómez
Héctor A. Cartas Águila
Carlos M. Alonso Hernández
José L. Bernal Castillo

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En el trabajo se utilizaron los métodos de simulación por Monte Carlo en un detector HPGe tipo pozo, usando directamente los parámetros del fabricante para simular la respuesta en eficiencia a la energía de 46.54 keV. Los valores de efi ciencia se calcularon en función de la altura de la muestra en la geometría de medición y los resultados se correspondieron con los valores experimentales. Las mayores diferencias fueron menores que el 2.5 % con un promedio de 0.9 %, lo que es totalmente satisfactorio para la medición de muestras ambientales. Se presentó una breve discusión sobre la respuesta del detector para diferentes parámetros geométrico.

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Morera Gómez, Y., Cartas Águila, H. A., Alonso Hernández, C. M., & Bernal Castillo, J. L. (1). Simulación por Monte Carlo de la respuesta en eficiencia de un detector HPGe tipo pozo a la energía de 46.54 keV. Nucleus, (57). Recuperado a partir de http://nucleus.cubaenergia.cu/index.php/nucleus/article/view/598
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