R/gammaSpec-package.R

#' Analyse Gamma Spectra of NaI(Tl) Scintillation Radiation Detectors
#'
#' A minimal package to import and plot SPE files recorded by
#' ORTEC NaI(Tl) Scintillation Radiation Detectors with a digiBASE 
#' Digital Multichannel Analyser as well as to derive the external wet 
#' gamma dose rate.
#' 
#' @name gammaSpec-package
#' @aliases gammaSpec-package
#' @docType package
#' @author Christoph Burow (University of Cologne, Germany)
#' @keywords package
#' 
#' @importFrom graphics abline arrows lines mtext par legend plot points polygon text grconvertX grconvertY
#' @importFrom stats ecdf lm predict setNames coef
#' @importFrom utils modifyList
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#' Photon Cross Section Data
#' 
#' Total attenuation (with coherent scatter) of photons for NaI and SiO2, given
#' in cm^2/g. Data taken from the NIST XCOM Photon Cross Section Database.
#' 
#' @name MassAttenuationCoefficients
#' @docType data
#' @format A \code{\link{list}} with two elements (\code{\link{data.frame}s})
#' with two columns (\code{energy_MeV, attenuation_cm2g}): \cr
#' 
#' \tabular{ll}{
#' $NaI \tab Total attenuation for sodium iodide \cr
#' $SiO2 \tab Total attenuation for silicon dioxide
#' }
#' 
#' @source 
#' http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Xcom/html/xcom1-t.html
#' 
#' @keywords datasets
#' 
#' @examples 
#' data(MassAttenuationCoefficients, envir = environment())
#' plot(MassAttenuationCoefficients)
#' 
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