Extraction of full energy peak of Cs-137 from in situ NaI (Tl) gamma-ray spectrum
Extraction of full energy peak of Cs-137 from in situ NaI (Tl) gamma-ray spectrum
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从原位 NaI (Tl) 伽马射线谱中提取 Cs-137 的全能峰
DOI:
10.1007/s41365-016-0090-x
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Li Bao-Chuan
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作者:
Zhang Le-Le;Wang Nan-Ping;Li Bao-Chuan
A Levenberg–Marquardt Gaussian fitting algorithm has been used for analyzing the overlap of three peaks (the 583-keV peak of208Tl, the 609-keV peak of214Bi, and the 662-keV peak of137Cs) using an in situ NaI (Tl) scintillation spectrometer. The algorithm, in addition, was compared with a genetic algorithm used for multiple deconvolution. The three fitted peak areas (583, 609, and 662 keV) were calculated from the measured gamma-ray spectra obtained from a simulation experiment in which a137Cs source was buried at different soil depths (from 18 to 38 cm). The application of the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm yielded similar results compared to the genetic algorithm. A lack-of-fit test showed that the fitting is good when the instrumental noise levels were estimated from replicated analyses. The relative fitting error of the total net area and the residual standard deviation were within 5 % and 0.04, respectively, and the goodness of the fitting was better than 0.98. While the methods used in this paper give high performance, the results may lead to incorrect estimation when the signal-to-noise ratio is smaller than −30 dB. This study is useful for the determination of radioactive specific activity of137Cs by in situ spectrometry.