Full-spectrum modeling of mobile gamma-ray spectrometry systems in scattering media

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Main Authors: Breitenmoser, David, Stabilini, Alberto, Kasprzak, Malgorzata Magdalena, Mayer, Sabine
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author Breitenmoser, David
Stabilini, Alberto
Kasprzak, Malgorzata Magdalena
Mayer, Sabine
author_facet Breitenmoser, David
Stabilini, Alberto
Kasprzak, Malgorzata Magdalena
Mayer, Sabine
contents Mobile gamma-ray spectrometry (MGRS) systems are essential for localizing, identifying, and quantifying gamma-ray sources in complex environments. Full-spectrum template matching offers the highest accuracy and sensitivity for these tasks but is limited by the computational cost of generating the required spectral templates. Here, we present a generalized full-spectrum modeling framework for MGRS systems in scattering media, enabling near-real-time template generation through dynamic, anisotropic instrument response functions. Benchmarked against high-fidelity brute-force Monte Carlo simulations, our method yields a computational speedup by a factor of $\mathcal{O}(10^7)$, while achieving comparable accuracy with median spectral deviations below 6%. The methodology presented is platform-agnostic and applicable across marine, terrestrial, and airborne domains, unlocking new capabilities for MGRS in a variety of applications, such as environmental monitoring, geophysical exploration, nuclear safeguards, and radiological emergency response.
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spellingShingle Full-spectrum modeling of mobile gamma-ray spectrometry systems in scattering media
Breitenmoser, David
Stabilini, Alberto
Kasprzak, Malgorzata Magdalena
Mayer, Sabine
Instrumentation and Detectors
Applied Physics
Computational Physics
Geophysics
Mobile gamma-ray spectrometry (MGRS) systems are essential for localizing, identifying, and quantifying gamma-ray sources in complex environments. Full-spectrum template matching offers the highest accuracy and sensitivity for these tasks but is limited by the computational cost of generating the required spectral templates. Here, we present a generalized full-spectrum modeling framework for MGRS systems in scattering media, enabling near-real-time template generation through dynamic, anisotropic instrument response functions. Benchmarked against high-fidelity brute-force Monte Carlo simulations, our method yields a computational speedup by a factor of $\mathcal{O}(10^7)$, while achieving comparable accuracy with median spectral deviations below 6%. The methodology presented is platform-agnostic and applicable across marine, terrestrial, and airborne domains, unlocking new capabilities for MGRS in a variety of applications, such as environmental monitoring, geophysical exploration, nuclear safeguards, and radiological emergency response.
title Full-spectrum modeling of mobile gamma-ray spectrometry systems in scattering media
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
Applied Physics
Computational Physics
Geophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17820