Computational generation of tailored radionuclide libraries for alpha-particle and gamma-ray spectrometry
<|reference_start|>Computational generation of tailored radionuclide libraries for alpha-particle and gamma-ray spectrometry: Radionuclide identification is a radioanalytical method employed in various scientific disciplines that utilize alpha-particle or gamma-ray spectrometric assays, ranging from astrophysics to nuclear medicine. Radionuclide libraries in conventional radionuclide identification systems are crafted in a manual fashion, accompanying labor-intensive and error-prone user tasks and hindering library customization. This research presents a computational algorithm and the architecture of its dedicated software that can automatically generate tailored radionuclide libraries. Progenitor-progeny recurrence relations were modeled to enable recursive computation of radionuclide subsets. This theoretical concept was incorporated into open-source software called RecurLib and validated against four actinide decay series and twelve radioactive substances, including a uranium-glazed legacy Fiestaware, natural uranium and thorium sources, a $^{226}$Ra sample, and the medical radionuclides $^{225}$Ac, $^{177}$Lu, and $^{99\text{m}}$Tc. The developed algorithm yielded radionuclide libraries for all the tested specimens within minutes, demonstrating its efficiency and applicability across diverse scenarios. The proposed approach introduces a framework for computerized radionuclide library generation, thereby trivializing library-driven radionuclide identification and facilitating the spectral recognition of unregistered radionuclides in radiation spectrometry.<|reference_end|>
@article{jang2024computational,
    title={Computational generation of tailored radionuclide libraries for
  alpha-particle and gamma-ray spectrometry},
    author={Jaewoong Jang},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.09560},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2406.09560},
    primaryClass={cs.CE astro-ph.IM nucl-ex physics.ins-det}
}