Gamma-ray standards for detector calibration

COVER......Page 1
FOREWORD......Page 5
EDITORIAL NOTE......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
Part 1 - DATA STATUS AND ASSESSMENT......Page 9
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 10
2. COMPOSITION OF THE CO-ORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMME......Page 12
3. OBJECTIVES OF THE CO-ORDINATED RESEARCH PROGRAMME......Page 14
4. DATA EVALUATION......Page 19
4.1 Half-lives......Page 20
4.2 X-ray emission probabilities......Page 21
4.3 Gamma-ray emission probabilities......Page 23
5.2 66Ga......Page 25
5.3 Thermal neutron capture reactions......Page 27
5.4 Proton capture reactions......Page 30
5.5 Alpha-particle reactions......Page 31
6.3 Gamma-ray emission probabilities......Page 32
7. CONCLUSIONS......Page 36
REFERENCES......Page 37
Part 2 - DATA MEASURED AND EVALUATED......Page 40
Part 3 - RECOMMENDED DATA......Page 147
TABLE 1. HALF-LIVES OF RADIONUCLIDES USED FOR DETECTOR CALIBRATION......Page 148
TABLE 2. X-RAY STANDARDS: ENERGIES AND EMISSION PROBABILITIES [3]......Page 149
TABLE 3. GAMMA-RAY STANDARDS: ENERGIES AND EMISSION PROBABILITIES......Page 151
REFERENCES......Page 155
CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW......Page 156