Low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using HPGe–NaI detector system
The radioactivity in natural samples like cosmogenic isotopes in meteorites, in Moon samples, in earth and ice in Antarctica, produced by protons, neutrons, μ mesons and other charged particles, is very low, usually below 0.001 disintegration per minute per gram. Therefore, very special techniques a...
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ftimtlucca:oai:eprints.imtlucca.it:2364 2023-05-15T13:38:10+02:00 Low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using HPGe–NaI detector system Colombetti, Paolo Taricco, Carla Bhandari, Narendra Sinha, Neeharika Di Martino, M. Cora, A Vivaldo, Gianna 2013-08 http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2364/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900212008455 unknown Elsevier Colombetti, Paolo and Taricco, Carla and Bhandari, Narendra and Sinha, Neeharika and Di Martino, M. and Cora, A and Vivaldo, Gianna Low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using HPGe–NaI detector system. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment , 718. 140 - 142. ISSN 0168-9002 (2013) QC Physics Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftimtlucca 2022-04-11T05:31:31Z The radioactivity in natural samples like cosmogenic isotopes in meteorites, in Moon samples, in earth and ice in Antarctica, produced by protons, neutrons, μ mesons and other charged particles, is very low, usually below 0.001 disintegration per minute per gram. Therefore, very special techniques are required, particularly if the sample cannot be destroyed for chemical separation and system must have possibility of counting large amount of sample. For this purpose we have developed a highly selective Ge–NaI coincidence spectrometer, operating in the underground Laboratory of Monte dei Cappuccini (INAF) in Torino. We have then improved it by developing a multiparametric acquisition system, which allows better selectivity of the coincidence windows (e.g., in meteorites, to disentangle cosmogenic 44Ti signal from overlapping 214Bi, originated by naturally occurring 238U). Applications of this system to the study of meteorites (chondrite, achondrite and iron samples) are described. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica IMT (Institutions Markets Technologies) Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca: Repository |
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The radioactivity in natural samples like cosmogenic isotopes in meteorites, in Moon samples, in earth and ice in Antarctica, produced by protons, neutrons, μ mesons and other charged particles, is very low, usually below 0.001 disintegration per minute per gram. Therefore, very special techniques are required, particularly if the sample cannot be destroyed for chemical separation and system must have possibility of counting large amount of sample. For this purpose we have developed a highly selective Ge–NaI coincidence spectrometer, operating in the underground Laboratory of Monte dei Cappuccini (INAF) in Torino. We have then improved it by developing a multiparametric acquisition system, which allows better selectivity of the coincidence windows (e.g., in meteorites, to disentangle cosmogenic 44Ti signal from overlapping 214Bi, originated by naturally occurring 238U). Applications of this system to the study of meteorites (chondrite, achondrite and iron samples) are described. |
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Colombetti, Paolo Taricco, Carla Bhandari, Narendra Sinha, Neeharika Di Martino, M. Cora, A Vivaldo, Gianna |
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Colombetti, Paolo Taricco, Carla Bhandari, Narendra Sinha, Neeharika Di Martino, M. Cora, A Vivaldo, Gianna |
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Low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using HPGe–NaI detector system |
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Low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using HPGe–NaI detector system |
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Low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using HPGe–NaI detector system |
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Low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using HPGe–NaI detector system |
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Low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using HPGe–NaI detector system |
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low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using hpge–nai detector system |
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Colombetti, Paolo and Taricco, Carla and Bhandari, Narendra and Sinha, Neeharika and Di Martino, M. and Cora, A and Vivaldo, Gianna Low gamma activity measurement of meteorites using HPGe–NaI detector system. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment , 718. 140 - 142. ISSN 0168-9002 (2013) |
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