Detector Fundamentals for Reachback Analysts

Technical Report · Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1298219· OSTI ID:1298219

Karpius, Peter Joseph ^[1]; Myers, Steven Charles ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

This presentation is a part of the DHS LSS spectroscopy course and provides an overview of the following concepts: detector system components, intrinsic and absolute efficiency, resolution and linearity, and operational issues and limits.

• 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: 1298219
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-16-25961; TRN: US1601783
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY RESOLUTION
SPECTROSCOPY
TRAINING
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
HE-3 COUNTERS
CALIBRATION
GAMMA DETECTION
DEAD TIME
DATA COVARIANCES
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
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