Response tests of a LaCl(3):Ce scintillation detector with low energy prompt gamma rays from boron and cadmium

A A Naqvi; M S Al-Anezi; Zameer Kalakada; Faris A Al Matouq; M Maslehuddin; M A Gondal; A A Isab; Khateeb-ur-Rehman; M Dastageer

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.01.023

Response tests of a LaCl(3):Ce scintillation detector with low energy prompt gamma rays from boron and cadmium

Appl Radiat Isot. 2012 May;70(5):882-7. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.01.023. Epub 2012 Feb 13.

Authors

A A Naqvi¹, M S Al-Anezi, Zameer Kalakada, Faris A Al Matouq, M Maslehuddin, M A Gondal, A A Isab, Khateeb-ur-Rehman, M Dastageer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. aanaqvi@kfupm.edu.sa

PMID: 22364786
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.01.023

Abstract

The yield of 478 and 558 keV gamma-rays have been measured from water samples containing 0.031-0.500 wt. % boron and 0.0625-0.500 wt. % cadmium, respectively, using a cylindrical 76 mm × 76 mm (height × diameter) LaCl(3):Ce detector. Inspite of interferences between detector-associated and the sample-associated prompt gamma rays, the LaCl(3):Ce detector has excellent resolution for the low energy prompt gamma-rays. An excellent agreement has been observed between the experimental and calculated yield of boron and cadmium prompt gamma ray from water samples.