A γ-ray detector based on pressurized xenon is described, and the characteristics of the processing of the spectrum of the detector are examined. It is shown that the SpectraLine computer program, where these characteristics are taken into account, makes it possible to process successfully the spectra measured with a pressurized-xenon detector, which greatly expands the possibilities of instruments of this class for performing spectrometric measurements. The possibilities of using pressurized-xenon detectors to solve complex problems of gamma-spectrometric analysis using the GammaLab program system are analyzed. The results obtained show that it is indeed possible, in principle, to use a pressurized-xenon detector together with the SpectraLine computer program for quantitative analysis of samples with a complex radionuclide composition, specifically, to determine the isotopic composition of plutonium.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 105, No. 1, pp. 38–44, July, 2008. Original article submitted June 5, 2008.
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Danilenko, V.N., Koval’skii, E.A., Skubo, Y.V. et al. Simulation of Experiments with Pressurized-Xenon γ-Ray Detectors. At Energy 105, 50–59 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-008-9065-2
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