aDepartment of Physics, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria. E-mail: njingaraymond@yahoo.co.uk
bCenter for Energy Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. E-mail: jonahsa2001@yahoo.com
cCenter for Energy Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. E-mail: iobewa4@yahoo.com
dCenter for Energy Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. E-mail: oaoladipo2004@yahoo.com
eDepartment of Physics, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria. E-mail: agbogodwina@yahoo.com
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Online published on 24 April, 2012.
The k0-IAEA software was used to determine full peak energy efficiency of a High Purity Germanium (HPGe) co-axial detector within the energy range of 121.8 2204.5keV and geometries of 17cm, 15cm and 2cm. The experimentally (direct technique) determination of the efficiency of the co-axial detector was within the energy range of 59.54 2204.5keV. Plotted ratios of the k0-IAEA derived efficiency over the k0-fitted FEPE values showed slight oscillations at certain energies attributed to the characteristics of the detector while the results of the ratio of k0-IAEA FEPE measurement over the experimentally derived efficiency obtained yielded inconsequential oscillations at certain energy around the unity mark. These deviations of 0.1 to 6% for the three geometries measured from the k0-IAEA experimental data agreed to the accurate and large acceptance of the software for analysis.
k0-IAEA software, full energy peak efficiency, HPGe detector, standard sources
