Use of a Low Energy Proton Accelerator for Calibrating a Large NaI(Tl) Array in a High Energy Physics Experiment

Autor: Kirkbride, G. I., O'Reilly, J. G., Tompkins, J. C., Aschman, D. G., Beron, B. L., Bloom, E. D., Bulos, F., Gaiser, J. E., Godfrey, G. L., Hofstadter, R., Hughes, E. B., Kiesling, C. M., Kolanoski, H. F., Kollmann, W. K., Liberman, A. D., Oreglia, M. J., E, Parks, R., Partridge, R. A., Peck, C. W., Porter, F. C., Sadrozinski, H. F., Strauch, K.
Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science; February 1987, Vol. 34 Issue: 1 p1535-1538, 4p
Abstrakt: We report the use of a 500 keV Van de Graaff proton accelerator to produce ¿-rays in the range 4 - 18 MeV via nuclear reactions for the purpose of calibrating a large NaI(Tl) crystal array. Data analysis indicates an energy calibration to ~ 1% over this range.
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