• DocumentCode
    772979
  • Title

    Unscrambling Pulse-Height Spectra On-Line

  • Author

    Detenbeck, Robert W.

  • Author_Institution
    U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland and Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Maryland College Park, Maryland
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1964
  • fDate
    6/1/1964 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    344
  • Lastpage
    348
  • Abstract
    In spite of the apparent complexity of the equations, it is shown that unscrambling scintillation spectra by a least-square-fit procedure is well suited to on-line calculations, requiring certainly no more than the very simplest of electronic computers. Unfortunately the sensitivity of the method to energy calibration errors limits its application to cases where the energies of the strong components in the spectrum are known beforehand.
  • Keywords
    Astronomy; Calibration; Computer errors; Educational institutions; Equations; Laboratories; Physics computing; Pulse measurements; Silver; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1964.4323446
  • Filename
    4323446