Table 1.
The detection efficiency of TLCC for a point-like source at the center of FOV under the conditions of the simulation and experiment.
Settings of Gamma Emission Conditions |
Nuclide | Representative Energy (keV) |
Measured Counts of Incident Gamma-rays |
Counts of Effective 2-Events |
Proportion of Effective Events (%) | |
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Simulation (N gammas emit within Ω = 0.031 sr at d = 1 m, N is equal to the sum of the emission probability of each energy branch multiplied by the number 107) |
N = 13,418,000 | 133Ba | 356 | 760,871 | 11,266 | 1.48 |
N = 8,499,000 | 137Cs | 661.7 | 317,619 | 10,029 | 3.16 | |
N = 19,983,260 | 60Co | 1173.2/1332.5 | 585,709 | 13,415 | 2.29 | |
Experiment (Point-like source with radioactivity A, distance d, and acquisition time t) |
A = 0.262 MBq d = 0.25 m t = 3600 s |
133Ba | 356 | 376,788 | 8253 | 2.19 |
A = 1.88 MBq d = 1 m t = 1800 s |
137Cs | 661.7 | 628,321 | 13,186 | 2.10 | |
A = 1.92 MBq d = 1 m t = 1800 s |
60Co | 1173.2/1332.5 | 1,129,416 | 20,176 | 1.79 |