The Zero Model by using Coincidence Scintillation (ZoMBieS) method of absolute radioactivity measurement

Lindsey J. Bignell; Li Mo; Tristan Steele; S. Reza Hashemi-Nezhad

doi:10.1109/TNS.2013.2275990

The Zero Model by using Coincidence Scintillation (ZoMBieS) method of absolute radioactivity measurement

Lindsey J. Bignell, Li Mo, Tristan Steele, S. Reza Hashemi-Nezhad

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A new method for the absolute radioactivity measurement of radionuclides using a liquid scintillation detector comprising three photomultipliers has been described. The method does not contain any a priori model of the photomultiplier detection efficiency and uses a modified Compton Coincidence technique, therefore it has been named the Zero Model By using Coincidence Scintillation (ZoMBieS) method. Validation measurements of the activity of a (63) Ni source against the Triple to Double Coincidence Ratio method are presented and the results agree within their standard uncertainties.

Original language	English
Article number	6588983
Pages (from-to)	4007-4014
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	60
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2013.2275990
Publication status	Published - 2013

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