Cascades of pile-up and dead time

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 941-947

  Pomme S ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Counting statistics; Dead time; Nuclear counting; Pulse pile up; Radionuclide metrology

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENTS; REAL TIME CONTROL; STATISTICS;

COUNTING STATISTICS; DEAD TIME; NUCLEAR COUNTING; PULSE PILE-UP; RADIONUCLIDE METROLOGY;

ISOTOPES;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME;

EID: 34547693583     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.038     Document Type: Article

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