AUTOMATIC COMPENSATION OF DEADTIME IN COUNTING EQUIPMENT

Technical Report · Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 1959

OSTI ID:4235658

Covell, D F; Sandomire, M M; Eichen, M S

For accurate estimation of emission rates of radioactive samples, one must ordinarily estimate the deadtime parameter of the counting system over the energy and rate range of interest. Deadtime correction factors, once determined, may be laborions to apply, and, in any event, detract from the precision of the estimate of the rate because of the uncertainty of the correction factor itself. A device is described which provides a statistical estimate of the actual sampling time during any counting interval. (auth)

• Research Organization: Naval Radiological Defense Lab., San Francisco
• NSA Number: NSA-14-002550
• OSTI ID: 4235658
• Report Number(s): USNRDL-TR-365
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-60
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT
COUNTERS
DEAD TIME
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY
RESOLUTION
STATISTICS