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

Autor: G. I. Kirkbride, J. G. O'Reilly, J. C. Tompkins, D. G. Aschman, B. L. Beron, E. D. Bloom, F. Bulos, J. E. Gaiser, G. L. Godfrey, R. Hofstadter, E. B. Hughes, C. M. Kiesling, H. F. Kolanoski, W. K. Kollmann, A. D. Liberman, M. J. Oreglia, E, R. Parks, R. A. Partridge, C. W. Peck, F. C. Porter, H. F. Sadrozinski, K. Strauch
Rok vydání: 1979
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 26:1535-1538
ISSN: 1558-1578
0018-9499
DOI: 10.1109/tns.1979.4330433
Popis: 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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