Evaluation of the Central Copper Contact Pin Effect in High-Energy Region in Gamma-ray Spectrometry
Abstract
The detector must be modeled in the most accurate way when Monte Carlo simulation method is used for efficiency calculation in gamma-ray spectrometric studies. This study aims to investigate the effect of the copper contact pin inside the detector on the efficiency of the HPGe detector for high gamma-ray energies. Simulated efficiencies were determined for 6 different energies in the energy range of 1460.8 keV up to 2614.5 keV in point and cylindrical source geometry. According to the modeling using PHITS Monte Carlo simulation code, the presence of copper contact pin at high gamma-ray energies caused a decrease of up to 6% in detector efficiency. It was emphasized that this ignored parameter should be included in the modeling like all other geometric parameters used in detector modeling, by showing the effect on the efficiency.
Keywords
HPGe detector, PHITS, Monte Carlo modeling, Copper contact pin, Full energy peak efficiency
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