Testing efficiency transfer codes for equivalence

Authors :: Vidmar, T.
Çelik, N.
Cornejo Díaz, N.
Dlabac, A.
Ewa, I.O.B.
Carrazana González, J.A.
Hult, M.
Jovanović, S.
Lépy, M.-C.
Mihaljević, N.
Sima, O.
Tzika, F.
Jurado Vargas, M.
Vasilopoulou, T.
Vidmar, G.
Source :: Applied Radiation & Isotopes. Feb2010, Vol. 68 Issue 2, p355-359. 5p.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: Abstract: Four general Monte Carlo codes (GEANT3, PENELOPE, MCNP and EGS4) and five dedicated packages for efficiency determination in gamma-ray spectrometry (ANGLE, DETEFF, GESPECOR, ETNA and EFFTRAN) were checked for equivalence by applying them to the calculation of efficiency transfer (ET) factors for a set of well-defined sample parameters, detector parameters and energies typically encountered in environmental radioactivity measurements. The differences between the results of the different codes never exceeded a few percent and were lower than 2% in the majority of cases. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]