Calculation of true coincidence summing correction factor for clover detector in add-back and direct mode

TL;DR

This study evaluates the true coincidence summing correction factors for a clover HPGe detector in add-back and direct modes, using experimental, analytical, and Geant4 simulation methods to improve efficiency calibration accuracy.

Contribution

It introduces a combined experimental and simulation approach to accurately calculate coincidence summing correction factors for clover detectors in different operational modes.

Findings

Correction factors agree well between experimental and analytical methods.

Add-back mode shows larger summing corrections than direct mode.

Effective measurement distances are identified for negligible summing effects.

Abstract

The true coincidence summing effect on the full-energy peak efficiency calibration of an unsuppressed clover HPGe detector has been studied. Standard multi-energetic and mono-energetic gamma-ray sources were used to determine the full-energy peak efficiency of the detector as a function of the gamma-ray energies at different source-to-detector distances. The true coincidence summing correction factors for the full-energy peak efficiency of the detector has been determined, in the add-back and direct modes of the detector, using both experimental and analytical methods. Geant4 simulations were performed to obtain the full-energy peak efficiency and total efficiency of the detector for different gamma-ray energies. The simulated efficiencies were used to calculate the correction factors using the analytical method. The correction factors obtained from both analytical and experimental methods were found to be in good agreement with each other. The clover detector in add-back mode exhibits larger summing corrections compared to the direct mode for the same source-to-detector distances. For the add-back mode, the coincidence summing effect is not significant for source-to-detector distances ~ 13 cm or above, whereas, for the direct mode, measurements can be performed for source-to-detector distances ~ 5 cm or above without considering the coincidence summing effect.