Theory of particle detection and multiplicity counting with dead time effects
Conference
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OSTI ID:22212731
- Centre for Energy Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, POB 49, H-1525 Budapest 114 (Hungary)
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Goeteborg (Sweden)
The subject of this paper is the investigation of the effect of the dead time on the statistics of the particle detection process. A theoretical treatment is provided with the application of the methods of renewal theory. The detector efficiency and various types of the dead time are accounted for. Exact analytical results are derived for the probability distribution functions, the expectations and the variances of the number of detected particles. Explicit solutions are given for a few representative cases. The results should serve for the evaluation of the measurements in view of the dead time correction effects for the higher moments of the detector counts. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22212731
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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