Re: High Energy Gamma Emitter

["Reginald M. Ronningen" <ronningen@nscl.msu.edu>]

Hi Don,

If you have a PuBe or an AmBe neutron source, the following reference
tells how to construct a high-energy gamma source (to 7.1 MeV) using the
neutron source, Teflon and lead:

"A High Energy Gamma Ray Calibration Source"
Kirk J. King and Tommy L. Johnson
Nuclear Instruments and Mehods in Physics Research Vol. 227
257(1984).

Reg
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