A new approach of digital signal processing in gamma- and X-ray spectroscopy

A new approach of digital signal processing in gamma- and X-ray spectroscopy which overcomes limitations of state-of-the-art systems is described. The basic technical equipment consists of an energy resolving detector with a preamplifier followed by a fast sampling analog digital converter. The basic idea of the approach is the numerical decomposition of the measured signal into distributions caused by single photon absorption processes using standard pulses. The working principle and potential of the approach is demonstrated by the example of preamplifier pulses with large overlap on time scale.