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程序为一段FORTRAN 77代码，可基于伯克斯公式（Birks' formula），结合Berger与Seltzer参数化的电子及正电子阻止本领，计算对应闪烁体kB参数的电离猝灭函数Q(E)的数值。

【程序名称】：KB
【目录编号】：ADFM_v1_0

【问题背景】液体闪烁计数（Liquid Scintillation Counting, LSC）系统中，β衰变核素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——即所谓电离猝灭效应——的影响，该效应会降低对电子的有效响应。电离猝灭函数Q(E)可用于描述此效应，其可通过依赖于参数kB与该化合物内电子阻止本领的半经验表达式求解。目前对该效应的充分认知……

【孟德尔莱数据（Mendeley Data）中CPC仓库收录的本程序版本】
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馆藏的CPC程序库（1969-2019）