NEARLY 10 years have passed since the first edition of this book. Much progress has been made during the past decade, especially in high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry using semiconductor detectors. The increasing efficiency and the improving energy resolution made the scientists realize that they had at hand a new and beautiful research tool. Improved amplifying and analyzing equipment were necessary to realize the full abilities of high resolution detectors. | APPLIED GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY BY C. E. CROUTHAMEL Argonne National Laboratory, . SECOND E D I T I O N COMPLETELY REVISED AND E N L A R G E D BY F. ADAMS AND R. DAMS Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Ghent State University, Belgium P E R G A M O N PRESS Oxford · New York · Toronto Sydney · Braunschweig Pergamon Press Offices: . . Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW, England Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, New York 10523, . CANADA Pergamon of Canada Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 19a Boundary Street, Rushcutters Bay, . 2011, Australia FRANCE Pergamon Press SARL, 24 rue des Ecoles, 75240 Paris, Cedex 05, France WEST GERMANY Pergamon Press GmbH, 3300 Braunschweig, Postfach 2923, Burgplatz 1, West Germany Copyright (C) 1970 F. Adams and R. Dams All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may he reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Pergamon Press Ltd. First edition 1960 Second revised and enlarged edition 1970 Reprinted 1975 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-114847 Printed in Great Britain by Biddies Ltd., Guildford, Surrey ISBN 0 08 006888 X PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 10 years have passed since the first edition of this book. Much progress has been made during the past decade, especially in high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry using semiconductor detectors. The increasing efficiency and the improving energy resolution made the scientists realize that they had at hand a new and beautiful research tool. Im proved amplifying and analyzing equipment were necessary to realize the full abilities of high resolution detectors. Like the previous edition, the new one is primarily meant for experimentalists. Chapter 1 contains the various decay processes and the possible interaction
