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New method for distinguishing between pairs and single pulses

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4932565
The interest is focused on spurious pulses which are an obvious and permanent nuisance in all measurements of absolute disintegration rates. Apart from a few rare cases where pulse-height analysis is possible, all techniques use, in one way or another, the time relationshlp which exists between the corresponding genuine and spurious pulses. Within this general approach, two main variants can be distinguished. Either the time distribution of the intervals is measured, or one analyzes the relative variance in the number of registered counts which can be deduced from repeated measurements. The merits and drawbacks of these interval and counting techniques are discussed. (FR)
Research Organization:
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, 92 - Sevres (France)
Sponsoring Organization:
Sponsor not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-29-000447
OSTI ID:
4932565
Report Number(s):
BIPM--72/14
Country of Publication:
France
Language:
English