Definition: | portion of the spectral response curve corresponding to the total absorption of photon energy in a radiation detector
Note 1 to entry: This peak represents the total absorption of photon energy from all interactive processes, namely, a) photoelectric absorption, b) Compton effect, and c) pair production. Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 394-38-57 in IEC 60050-394:2007.
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