Gamma photons:

Source:          Co-60          Photon energies:          1.172 MeV and 1.332 MeV          Activity:          8.55 TBq (Tref = 12:00 GMT 16 October 2002)          Typical dose rate:          258 Gy/h (at 10 cm distance measured from the center of the source at          Tref = 12:00 GMT 16 October 2002          Description of the fields:          anisotropic and in-homogenous field in air; the fields are not collimated and          not filtered; panorama irradiation is feasible around the remote controlled          electro-pneumatic system used for controlling the source;          Minimum source sample distance: 5 cm          Maximum source sample distance: 500 cm          Metrology background:          ionisation chamber, thermoluminescent ribbons

Selected Publications

J. Molnár, A. Fenyvesi, G. Dajkó, J. Végh et al: Radiation tolerance tests of components for
the FERMI microchip module; Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 143, pp 536-546 (1998)

A. Fenyvesi, J. Molnár, D. Sohler et al: Results on photon and neutron irradiation of
semitransparent amorphous-silicon sensors; Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 455, pp 361-368 (2000)

A. Fenyvesi, J. Molnár, D. Sohler et al: Pulse height distribution and radiation tolerance of
CVD diamond detectors; Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 447, pp 244-250 (2000)

J. Molnár, A. Fenyvesi et al: Improvement of the dosimetric properties of chemical-vapor-
deposited diamond films by neutron irradiation; Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 298-300 (2002)