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Low energy prompt gamma-ray tests of a large volume BGO detector
A A Naqvi1, Zameer Kalakada, M S Al-Anezi
1Department of Physics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Tests of a large volume Bismuth Germinate (BGO) detector were carried out to detect low energy prompt gamma-rays from boron and cadmium-contaminated water samples using a portable neutron generator-based Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) setup. Inspite of strong interference between the sample- and the detector-associated prompt gamma-rays, an excellent agreement has been observed between the experimental and calculated yields of the prompt gamma-rays, indicating successful application of the large volume BGO detector in the PGNAA analysis of bulk samples using low energy prompt gamma-rays.
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