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Measurement of the dead time of XRF detection systems using a pulsed beam
Author(s) -
Méray L.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
x‐ray spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1097-4539
pISSN - 0049-8246
DOI - 10.1002/xrs.1300170106
Subject(s) - dead time , detector , microprobe , beam (structure) , optics , cathode ray , physics , materials science , electron microprobe , nuclear physics , electron , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
A method of measuring the dead time of nuclear detectors using a pulsed beam is described. The application of the method to detectors used in an electron microprobe device is reported and results obtained in this way are presented. The method seems to be suitable for measuring the dead time of any nuclear x‐ray counting system which can be operated with a pulsed beam.