Fast gain calibration of photomultiplier and electronics

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1208-1213

  Menshikov, Alexander ^a   Kleifges, Matthias ^a   Gemmeke, Hartmut ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Gain measurement; Photomultipliers; Statistical fluctuation; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COSMIC RAYS; FLUORESCENCE; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PHOTODETECTORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIGITAL INTEGRATION;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 0042279211     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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