In a γ-ray spectrum, the peak due to
pair production in the detector and escape, from the sensitive part of the detector, of one of the
photons of
resulting from
annihilation.
Source:
PAC, 1982, 54, 1533
(Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional))
on page 1541
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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