Dead-time measurement for radiation counters by variance-to-mean method

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 863-868

  Hashimoto, Kengo ^a   Ohya, Kei ^a,c   Yamane, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BF3 counter; Correlation measurement; Counting rates; Dead time; Geiger Mueller counters; Herium 3 counter; Neutron proportional counter; Nonparalysable model; Sensitivity; Time measurement; Variance to mean ratio

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DEAD TIME MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; VARIANCE TO MEAN METHOD;

GEIGER COUNTERS;

EID: 0030285771     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.1996.9732021     Document Type: Article

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