01. Hamouda SA. Data analysis in gamma-ray Compton spectroscopy

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DOI: 10.15507/0236-2910.026.201604.428-439

DATA ANALYSIS IN GAMMA-RAY COMPTON SPECTROSCOPY

Samir A. Hamouda
professor of Department of Physics of Faculty of Science, University of Benghazi (Benghazi, Libya), Ph.D. (Physics), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9958-0257, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Compton scattering is a technique for determining the momentum distribution of electrons in condensed matter. Therefore, in the Compton scattering experiment all the available data about the electron’s initial state is contained in the distribution of the inelastically scattered radiation, i.e. the Compton profile. However, before the data can be interpreted, a series of energy dependent corrections have to be applied. In this paper, general aspects of the Compton Scat-tering theory are introduced. Data analysis procedure for the γ-ray experiment is outlined and the sensitivity of these corrections on the quality of the final results is discussed.

Keywords: high energy gamma-ray spectroscopy, methods and technologies, material characterization, Compton data reduction procedure, materials properties, measuring methods and applications, detection techniques

For citation: Hamouda SA. Data analysis in gamma-ray Compton spectroscopy. Vestnik Mordovskogo universiteta = Mordovia University Bulletin. 2016; 4(26):428-439. DOI: 10.15507/0236-2910.026.201604.428-439

Acknowledgements: We would like to express our gratitude to the Compton group at the University of Warwick for providing the Monte Carlo simulation software package used in this work, and to Dr. M. J. Cooper for his fruitful discussions about this work.

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