On the following pages, we would like to provide you with information on the topic of Gamma Spectrometry.
Photo of the Gamma Spectrometry measurement station, available for your own measurements after prior registration (see prgr.eductum.de). In the middle is a 137Cs point source, embedded in a rectangular plastic matrix. The detectors available are (starting from the left in a clockwise direction: two HPGe detectors, one LaBr3 detector, and one NaI detector). Between the HPGe and LaBr3 detectors is a (currently not connected and integrated) ODL measuring probe.
If you have read all the pages and answered the recurring questions on individual important aspects correctly, you should be able to answer the following questions fairly confidently:
- What is meant by the term “Gamma Spectrometry”?
- What is it useful for?
In answering these two questions, we will make a (small) detour into nuclear physics and establish the basic knowledge that we will need later on. But don’t worry, we will try to remain generally understandable and will manage without mathematical descriptions.
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