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This page has been created to communicate errors, omissions and alterations to Practical Gamma-Ray Spectrometry (2nd Edition) as soon as they become known to the author. Ultimately, these will be incorporated into subsequent prints of the book.

We would be grateful if readers find any errors - typographical or factual - to communicate these to us as soon as possible. It would help if such reports were in the general format of the notices below. (Use the report form?)

PageChapterLocation and CorrectionDate Posted
21Figure 1.107-02-2009
The Y-axis labeling on this diagram should run from zero at the origin, to 120 at the very top of the axis.
141RH side - Equation 1.508-20-2009
The second term of the denominator should be squared. i.e. (Γ/2)² Incorporated
Apr 2011
211LC line 3308-07-2008
238U instead of 235U Incorporated
Oct 2008
483.4.5Figure 3.704-19-2011
The two occurrences of "700mm Ge" in the figure should read 700μm.
654LC Line 10. Eq 4.304-20-2009
.... × 4/Rise time(ns)<< 1 the pulse is slow.... Incorporated
Apr 2011
994RH column, 1st bullet point, 1st item24/06/08
This Canberra report appears to be no longer available. Delete the reference. Incorporated
Oct 2008
1105RC Line 2104-12-2010
The reference to Figure 8.6 is wrong. This should be Figure 9.6 Incorporated
Apr 2011
1145LC, Line 2004-12-2010
'greater than DtC' instead of 'greater than DtB' Incorporated
Apr 2011
1205RC Line 3304-13-2010
(n=11 channels) should be (n=15 channels) Incorporated
Apr 2011
1295LH side, 3rd bullet point, 2nd item24/06/08
Add: 'Also available at: http://www.ukas.com/Library/downloads/publications/M3003.pdf' Incorporated
Oct 2008
1295RH column, 2nd bullet point, 2nd and 3rd items24/06/08
Remove both items (both referred to earlier.) Incorporated
Oct 2008
1295RH column, 2nd bullet point, 1st item24/06/08
Replace 'Bell, C.' with 'Bell, S.'
Replace 'HMSO' with 'Good Practice Guide No.11, NPL'
Add after note in parenthesis: 'This is now available at: http://www.npl.co.uk/server.php?show=nav.1177		 Incorporated
Oct 2008
1326LC, Line 604-13-2010
There is an extra 'the' between 'that' and 'there' Incorporated
Apr 2011
1386LH Column Line 2108-21-2008
Replace "Chapter 10, Section 10.3.7" with "Chapter 11, Section 11.3.7" Incorporated
Oct 2008
1396RC 4th Bullet Point07-28-2008
Replace "Genii" with "Genie" Incorporated
Oct 2008
1396LC 4th Bullet Point07-28-2008
Replace "Genii" with "Genie". Incorporated
Oct 2008
1477RC, Line 2704-14-2010
'back ground' should be 'background' Incorporated
Apr 2011
1487LC, Line 2704-14-2010
Reference to 'Equations (7.2) and (7.3)' should be to 'Equations (7.3) and (7.4)' Incorporated
Apr 2011
1487RC, Line 3804-14-2010
Reference to 'Chapter 10, Section 10.4.2' should be 'Chapter 11, Section 11.4.2' Incorporated
Apr 2011
1487Left column, equation 7.401-08-2010
H_L = ... should be: H_U = ... Incorporated
Apr 2011
1497RC, Equation (7.9)04-14-2010
There is an extra 'ln'. The equation numerator should be (CL-Co)-F(CU-Co) Incorporated
Apr 2011
1587RH, Line 409-01-2008
Replace 1991 by 1`999 Incorporated
Oct 2008
1597RH Column Line 1108-21-2008
Replace "(1991)" with "(1999)". Incorporated
Oct 2008
1597RH Column Line 1108-21-2008
Replace "Section A5.1" with "Section B.5.1". Incorporated
Oct 2008
1607RC, Line 3204-15-2010
'Section 14.5.2' should be 'Section 14.7' Incorporated
Apr 2011
1637RC, Line 404-15-2010
'Lépya' should be 'Lépy' Incorporated
Apr 2011
1678.3formula 8.103-26-2009
Replace P=(R-D)^2/2R^2 with P=(R-D)^2/(2R)^2 Incorporated
Apr 2011
1758.9LH column, Line 903-26-2009
The reference to Figure 6.9 is wrong. This should be Figure 7.9 Incorporated
Apr 2011
1778.11formula 8.503-26-2009
n3' = A p3 e3 + A p1 e2 e3 should be replaced by n3' = A p3 ε3 + A p1 ε2 ε1 Incorporated
Apr 2011
1778.11Formula 8.403-26-2009
n2' = A p2 ε2 - A p1 ε2 εT2 should be replaced by n2' = A p2 ε2 - A p1 ε2 εT1 Incorporated
Apr 2011
1818RH side, after 1st item24/06/08
Add: 'Some of these reports are available on the Internet via: http://publications.npl.co.uk/npl_web/search.htm' Incorporated
Oct 2008
1818RH column, 1st item24/06/08
Replace 'Gillogan' with 'Gilligan' Incorporated
Oct 2008
1909RC, Line 104-20-2010
There is an extra comma after "Of the" Incorporated
Apr 2011
1919LC, Line 904-20-2010
"Genie-200" should be "Genie-2000" Incorporated
Apr 2011
1999RH column, 2nd Bullet point09-01-2008
Replace '6,30' with '7.26' Incorporated
Oct 2008
1999RH column, 1st Bullet point09-01-2008
Replace '6.29' with '7,25' Incorporated
Oct 2008
2009LH column, 2nd Bullet point09-01-2008
Replace '6.28' with '7.24' Incorporated
Oct 2008
20091st Bullet point09-01-2008
Replace '6.20' with '7.17' Incorporated
Oct 2008
21210Rc, Line 204-21-2010
'Figure 10.5' should be 'Figure 10.6' Incorporated
Apr 2011
2199RC, Line 2604-21-2010
'Mengea' should be 'Menge' Incorporated
Apr 2011
23411LC, Equation (11.3)07-09-2010
(E-Eo) should be (E-Eo)^2 Incorporated
Apr 2011
23411LC Line 3104-08-2009
Replace "FWTM/FWTM" with "FWTM/FWHM". Incorporated
Apr 2011
23411LC, Line 2207-09-2010
"Chapter 6, Section 6.5.2" should be "Chapter 7, Section 7.5.2" Incorporated
Apr 2011
25313Para 2 Line 19 LH column03-07-2011
13.8 should be 13.6 Incorporated
Apr 2011
25313Line 1 LH column03-07-2011
13.8 should be 13.6 Incorporated
Apr 2011
25313Line 9 LH column03-07-2011
13.9 should be 13.6 Incorporated
Apr 2011
25313`LH column Line 2 from bottom03-07-2011
0.65 should be 0.30 Incorporated
Apr 2011
25313Para 2 Line 9 LH column03-07-2011
13.8 should be 13.6 Incorporated
Apr 2011
25313Equation 13.902-25-2011
MDA1/MDA2 should be MDA2/MDA1 and 0.91 should be 0.70 Incorporated
Apr 2011
25413Equation RH column03-07-2011
5.1 should be 1.7 Incorporated
Apr 2011
26913Text in figure 13.1610-24-2011
583.19 peak is labelled as 280Tl. Should read 208Tl.
29214.7.4lines 6 and 7, left col.07-26-2011
replace ms by µs twice i.e. 1.2µs and 0.8µs
31315RH column, 2nd bullet point, 2nd item24/06/08
Date should be 1993 Incorporated
Oct 2008
31916RH Column Section 16.3.4 2ed Paragraph Last Sentan07-28-2008
Replace "Section 13.3.3" with "Section 13.4.5" Incorporated
Oct 2008
32016Comments Column Line 3607-28-2008
Replace "235Ra" with "235U". Incorporated
Oct 2008
32316Decay Series Column Line 1607-28-2008
Replace "238U" with "235U". Incorporated
Oct 2008
33617RH column - Section 17.3.1 - 3 lines down08-24-2009
187.72 should be 185.72 Incorporated
Apr 2011
33717Figure 17.4 08-24-2009
241Am energy should be 59.5 NOT 56.5 and 239Pu energy should be 129 NOT 139 Incorporated
Apr 2011
34117RH column, 2nd bullet point24/06/08
Replace 'cz_white_papers.html' with 'white_papers_news.html' Incorporated
Apr 2011
345App. ARH Column 3rd Bullet07-28-2008
Replace "NuData 2.3" with "NuDat 2.4" and on the first line of this paragraph replace "NuData" with "NuDat". Incorporated
Oct 2008
363App.Left hand (energy) column, line 2206-10-2009
Alter 447.60 7Be to 477.60 7Be and move line to follow 463.00 228Ac Incorporated
Apr 2011
383IndexRH Column07-28-2008
Replace "Genie2000" with "Genie 2000". Incorporated
Oct 2008

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