Development of processing algorithms to enable high-rate microcalorimeter array operation
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
The millisecond-scale decay constants of microcalorimeter gamma-ray pulses present challenges for operation at high count rates needed to compete with semiconductor HPGe detectors. If using conventional optimal filtering methods, pulse records with pileup events are simply discarded, leading to a large fraction of data unused when count rates are large. For single pixel rates exceeding 1-2 Hz, improved pulse processing algorithms are needed to better deal with pileup and increase the filter throughput. A 256-pixel array operating at 10 Hz per pixel would provide a total counting rate of 2.5 kHz.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1088351
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--13-25670
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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