A new G-M counter dead time model

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 731-737

  Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Gardner, Robin P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead time model; G M counter dead time; G M counter model

Indexed keywords

COUNTING TUBES; MANGANESE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

DEAD TIME MODEL; G-M COUNTER MODEL;

RADIATION COUNTERS;

MANGANESE; RADIOISOTOPE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; VARIANCE;

EID: 0034670298     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00261-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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