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LucidWaker
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Hey,
For my first post here, I had a question about the gamma spectrum of Na-22.
I measured the gamma spectrum of Na-22 with a Ge-spectrometer. Using Genie-2000 software I saw two peaks in the spectrum, 1274 keV (peaksurface 3981±1,74%) and 511 keV (peaksurface 25494±0,68%). (Horizontal axis is divided into channels, each representing an energy band. The vertical axis represents the number of counts)
As an assignment, I have to explain the origins of these peaks and why there is so much difference in peaksurface.
The peak at 511 keV is electron-positron annihilation, I guess. And if I interpret this source* correctly, the peak at 1274 keV is the result of both electron capture (which the assignment wants me to ignore) and beta+ decay?
Another question I had was why the peak at 511 keV is so much higher (a lot more surface)? It is true that electron-positron annihilation yields two photons, but they travel in opposite directions so, in generl, the chance the Ge-spectrometer measures both is quite small. (The sample lies on top of the spectrometer)
Thanks in advance for the help.
*=http://community.middlebury.edu/~PHManual/gamma.html
For my first post here, I had a question about the gamma spectrum of Na-22.
I measured the gamma spectrum of Na-22 with a Ge-spectrometer. Using Genie-2000 software I saw two peaks in the spectrum, 1274 keV (peaksurface 3981±1,74%) and 511 keV (peaksurface 25494±0,68%). (Horizontal axis is divided into channels, each representing an energy band. The vertical axis represents the number of counts)
As an assignment, I have to explain the origins of these peaks and why there is so much difference in peaksurface.
The peak at 511 keV is electron-positron annihilation, I guess. And if I interpret this source* correctly, the peak at 1274 keV is the result of both electron capture (which the assignment wants me to ignore) and beta+ decay?
Another question I had was why the peak at 511 keV is so much higher (a lot more surface)? It is true that electron-positron annihilation yields two photons, but they travel in opposite directions so, in generl, the chance the Ge-spectrometer measures both is quite small. (The sample lies on top of the spectrometer)
Thanks in advance for the help.
*=http://community.middlebury.edu/~PHManual/gamma.html