| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 106, 2016
ISRD 15 – International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry
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| Article Number | 07004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Adjustment Methods | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201610607004 | |
| Published online | 03 February 2016 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201610607004
Covariances for Gamma Spectrometer Efficiency Calibrations
Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
a Corresponding author: jgw@email.arizona.edu
Published online: 3 February 2016
An essential part of the efficiency calibration of gamma spectrometers is the determination of uncertainties on the results. Although this is routinely done, it often does not include the correlations between efficiencies at different energies. These can be important in the subsequent use of the detectors to obtain activities for a set of dosimetry reactions. If those values are not mutually independent, then obviously that fact could impact the validity of adjustments or of other conclusions resulting from the analysis. Examples are given of detector calibrations in which the correlations are calculated and propagated through an analysis of measured activities.
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