Digital centroid-finding electronics for high-rate detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 1, 1999, Pages 810-816

  Pietraski, P J ^a   Zojceski, Z ^a   Siddons, D P ^a   Smith, G C ^a   Yu, B ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CATHODES; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS;

DIGITAL CENTROID FINDING ELECTRONICS; GAS PROPORTIONAL DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0033334616     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.790683     Document Type: Article

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