Enhanced digital spectrometry of gas proportional scintillation counter pulses in x-ray fluorescence applications

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 290-294

  Simoes P C P S ^a   Dos Santos, J M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FLUORESCENCE; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; SPECTROMETRY; X RAYS;

DIGITAL SPECTROMETRY; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GAS PROPORTIONAL SCINTILLATION COUNTER; INTEGRATION TIME CONSTANT; PEAK TO BACKGROUND RATIO; PULSE RISETIME DISCRIMINATION;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0032099322     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.682396     Document Type: Article

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