kB: a code to determine the ionization quenching function Q(E) as a function of the kB parameter

Abstract
The KB program is a FORTRAN 77 code which allows to compute the values of the ionizing quenching function Q(E) as a function of the kB parameter of a scintillator, according to Birks' formula and using the electron or positron stopping powers parameterized by Berger and Seltzer.

Title of program: KB
Catalogue Id: ADFM_v1_0

Nature of problem
The counting efficiency of beta-emitters and electron-capture nuclides in liquid scintillation counting (LSC) systems is affected by non- radiative processes along the particle track, the so-called ionization quenching, which reduces the effective response to electrons. This effect is described by the ionization quenching function Q(E), that is evaluated through semiempirical expressions which depend on the parameter kB and the electron stopping power in the chemical compound. A good knowledge o ...

Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data
ADFM_v1_0; KB; 10.1016/S0010-4655(97)00012-X

This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2019)

摘要
KB程序是一段FORTRAN 77代码，可依据博克斯公式（Birks' formula），采用由伯格与塞尔策（Berger and Seltzer）参数化的电子或正电子阻止本领，计算电离猝灭函数Q(E)随闪烁体（scintillator）kB参数变化的取值。

程序名称：KB
目录编号：ADFM_v1_0

问题背景
液体闪烁计数（LSC, liquid scintillation counting）系统中，β发射体与电子俘获核素的计数效率会受到粒子径迹上的非辐射过程——即所谓电离猝灭——的影响，该效应会降低对电子的有效响应。此现象可通过电离猝灭函数Q(E)进行描述，该函数可通过依赖于化学体系中kB参数与电子阻止本领的半经验表达式进行求解。对……的充分认知（原文此处未完成）

孟德尔数据（Mendeley Data）的CPC程序库中收录的本程序版本：ADFM_v1_0; KB; 10.1016/S0010-4655(97)00012-X

本程序源自贝尔法斯特女王大学（Queen's University Belfast）维护的CPC程序库（1969-2019年）