Re: Need help with gamma spec spectrum. -Reply

[Khalid Aleissa <kaleissa@kacst.edu.sa>]

Well, it is not common to see multiple peaks covering a 15 keV span in HpGe
detector with the same counting rate. Unless there is a gamma emitting
isotope with very short half life daughters emitting gamma rays with
energies close to that of the parent. I can not recall one isotope having
this characteristics!

Michael S Ford wrote:

> Steven, without seeing the spectrum, what you have described
> appears to be  multiple peaks with the same intensity that --- with the
> apparent resolution of your system --- appear as a single plateau.
>
> We have some sample matrixes with similar makeup.  Please send a
> copy of the spectrum and we'll try to get you an answer.
>
> v/r
> Michael
> mford@pantex.com
>
> >>> <Arsnews%aol.com wrote on Mon 16 Aug 99  12:34 >>>
>
> Dear Radsafe:
>
> I am having difficulty identifying a peak on a gamma spec spectrum.
>  The peak range is from 470-485 keV and has a peak shape of a wide
> plateau vice the normal pointed peak you would expect....
>
> Steven Wish....
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