Digital pulse processing in high resolution, high throughput, gamma-ray spectroscopy

A new method for processing signals produced by high resolution, large volume semiconductor detectors is described. These detectors, to be used in the next generation of spectrometer arrays for nuclear research (i.e., EUROBALL, etc.), present a set of problems, such as resolution degradation due to charge trapping and ballistic deficit effects, poor resolution at a high count rate, long term and temperature instability, etc. To solve these problems, a new approach based on digital moving window deconvolution (MWD) is developed