A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UNFOLDING PULSE-HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS,

Abstract

The pulse-height distribution obtained from a scintillation spectrometer is an instrumental distortion of the gamma-ray spectrum for which it is a measure. By calibrating the detector with radioactive sources of known strength and gamma energy, a representation of this distortion may be embodied in a detector response matrix. A series of computer programs are presented which aid in forming this matrix and in using it to effect a mathematical transformation from the measured pulse-height distribution to the desired gamma-ray spectrum. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 1965
Accession Number
AD0463254

Entities

People

  • Charles V. Smith
  • Norman E. Scofield

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Distortion
  • Gamma Ray Spectra
  • Gamma Rays
  • Scintillation
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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