ICRM 2007, 3-7 September 2007, Cape Town, South Africa
Applied Radiation and Isotopes 66(6-7):764-768, 2008
An intercomparison of Monte Carlo codes used in gamma-ray spectrometry
T. Vidmar
Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
I. Aubineau-Laniece
LNE-LNHB, France
M.J. Anagnostakis
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
D. Arnold
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany
R. Brettner-Messler
Bundesamt fuer Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Austria
D. Budjas
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Germany
M. Capogni
ENEA, INMRI, Italy
M.S. Dias
IPEN-CNEN, Brazil
L-E. De Geer
Preparatory Comission for the CTBTO, Austria
A. Fazio
ENEA, INMRI, Italy
J. Gasparro, M. Hult
EC-JRC-IRMM, Belgium
S. Hurtado
Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
M. Jurado Vargas
Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
M. Laubenstein
INFN, LNGS , Italy
K.B. Lee
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Republic of Korea
Y-K. Lee, M-C. Lepy
LNE-LNHB, France
F-J. Maringer
Bundesamt fuer Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Austria
V. Medina Peyres
CIEMAT, Spain
M. Mille
NIST, USA
M. Moralles
IPEN-CNEN, Brazil
S. Nour
NIST, USA
R. Plenteda
Preparatory Comission for the CTBTO, Austria
M.P. Rubio Montero
Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
O. Sima
Physics Department, Bucharest University, Romania
C. Tomei
INFN, LNGS , Italy
G. Vidmar
IBMI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
In an intercomparison exercise, the Monte Carlo codes most commonly used in gamma-ray spectrometry today were compared with each other in order to gauge the differences between them in terms of typical applications. No reference was made to experimental data; instead, the aim was to confront the codes with each other, as they were applied to the calculation of full-energy-peak and total efficiencies. Surprising differences between the results of different codes were revealed.