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Performance of NaI(Tl) detector for gamma-ray spectroscopy

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Radiation measurement is vital in radiation physics as its possible hazardous effect on human health should be known. Although radiation may be measured using different kinds of detector types, the NaI(Tl) crystal is one of the most commonly used detector types. This is due to its advantages such as low cost, resistance to thermal effects, and weather conditions. In the use of a gamma spectrometer system, the performance of the detector system is very important in order to determine absolute radiation values as the variation of measurement may affect health due to the radiation. In this work, the performance of 3″ × 3″ NaI(Tl) detector has been determined by obtaining some parameters such as response function, resolution, energy spectrum, the figure of merit. Those parameters have been measured using 22Na, 137Cs, and 60Co radioactive sources. The system was also modeled by using FLUKA code.

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  1. Physics Department, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

    İskender Akkurt, Faez Waheed & Hakan Akyildirim

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Akkurt, İ., Waheed, F., Akyildirim, H. et al. Performance of NaI(Tl) detector for gamma-ray spectroscopy. Indian J Phys 96, 2941–2947 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-021-02210-1

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