Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5498021 | Applied Radiation and Isotopes | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In this article, a GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit was used to study the response of the cosmic-ray induced background on a High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) gamma spectrometer in the wide energy range, up to 100Â MeV. The natural radiation background measurements of the spectrometer were carried out in the energy region from 0.04 to 50Â MeV. The simulated cosmic-ray induced background of the Ge detector was evaluated in comparison with the measured data. The contribution of various cosmic-ray components including muons, neutrons, protons, electrons, positrons and photons was investigated. We also analyzed secondary particle showers induced by the muonic component.
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Authors
Nguyen Quoc Hung, Vo Hong Hai, Masaharu Nomachi,