CHEREN, the Cherenkov counting efficiency

Abstract
A program is presented that computes the Cherenkov counting efficiency for β-particle-emitting nuclides counted in commercial liquid-scintillation spectrometers. The detection probability function for the Cherenkov light is derived experimentally for standards of ^(36)Cl and ^(32)P, and integrated over the energy interval between the Cherenkov threshold and the end-point of the β-particle distribution. We emphasize the importance of the shape factor forms in the computation of the countin...

Title of program: CHEREN
Catalogue Id: ADIE_v1_0

Nature of problem
Although the commercial liquid-scintillation counters are efficient Cherenkov light detectors, experimentalists commonly prefer to apply liquid scintillators, because the detection efficiency is always higher. However, Cherenkov counting techniques may be comparatively advantageous in certain situations in which the use of a liquid scintillation cocktail is not feasible. In particular, the ability to recover the radioactive sample unaltered, and the possibility to enhance the total volume of rad ...

Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data
ADIE_v1_0; CHEREN; 10.1016/S0010-4655(98)00039-3
ADIE_v2_0; CHEREN2; 10.1016/j.cpc.2005.08.003

This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2018)

## 摘要
本文介绍一款可计算商用液体闪烁谱仪中对发射β粒子的核素进行计数时的切伦科夫（Cherenkov）计数效率的程序。针对氯-36（³⁶Cl）与磷-32（³²P）的标准样品，通过实验推导得到切伦科夫光的探测概率函数，并在切伦科夫阈值至β粒子能谱终点能量之间的能量区间内完成积分。本文着重强调了形状因子形式在计数计算（原文此处截断）中的重要性……

## 程序名称：CHEREN
## 目录编号：ADIE_v1_0

## 问题本质
尽管商用液体闪烁计数器是高效的切伦科夫光探测器，但实验人员通常更倾向于采用液体闪烁体，因其探测效率始终更高。不过，在无法使用液体闪烁液的特定场景中，切伦科夫计数技术或许具备相对优势。具体而言，该技术可回收未受改动的放射性样品，且能够提升放射性样品的总体积（原文此处截断）。

## Mendeley数据中CPC库收录的本程序版本
ADIE_v1_0; CHEREN; 10.1016/S0010-4655(98)00039-3
ADIE_v2_0; CHEREN2; 10.1016/j.cpc.2005.08.003

本程序源自贝尔法斯特女王大学托管的CPC程序库（1969-2018年）