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Principles of the PGAA method

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After its discovery in 1932, the neutron and its nuclear reactions started to be thoroughly investigated. During the studies on the capture reaction of neutrons in hydrogenous materials, the emission of a highly penetrating gamma radiation was observed already in 1934 (Amaldi et al. 1934, Lea 1934). This was the first prompt gamma radiation ever detected. Now we know it is the 2223.2487 keV energy prompt gamma ray from the reaction 1H(n,γ)2H.

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Révay, Z., Belgya, T. (2004). Principles of the PGAA method. In: Molnár, G.L. (eds) Handbook of Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-23359-8_1

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