The Monte Carlo approach MCPUT for correcting pile-up distorted pulse-height spectra

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 531, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 520-529

  Guo, Weijun ^a   Lee, Sang Hoon ^b   Gardner, Robin P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MCPUT; Monte Carlo; Pulse pile up; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COUNTING-RATE MEASUREMENT; MCPUT; PULSE PILE UP; RADIATION SPECTROSCOPY;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 4544378729     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.05.089     Document Type: Article

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