Software emulator of nuclear pulse generation with different pulse shapes and pile-up

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900216304119" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900216304119</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.032" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.032</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Software emulator of nuclear pulse generation with different pulse shapes and pile-up

Original language description

The optimal detection of output signals from nuclear counting devices represents one of the key physical factors that govern accuracy and experimental reproducibility. In this context, the fine calibration of the detector under diverse experimental scenarios, although time costly, is necessary. However this process can be rendered easier with the use of systems that work in lieu of emulators. In this report we describe an innovative programmable pulse generator device capable to emulate the scintillation detector signals, in a way to mimic the detector performances under a variety of experimental conditions. The emulator generates a defined number of pulses, with a given shape and amplitude in the form of a sampled detector signal. The emulator output is then used off-line by a spectrometric system in order to set up its optimal performance. Three types of pulse shapes are produced by our device, with the possibility to add noise and pulse pile-up effects into the signal. The efficiency of the pulse detection, pile-up rejection and/or correction, together with the dead-time of the system, are therein analyzed through the use of some specific algorithms for pulse processing, and the results obtained validate the beneficial use of emulators for the accurate calibration process of spectrometric systems.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

BG - Nuclear, atomic and molecular physics, accelerators

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nuclear Instruments &amp; Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment

ISSN

0168-9002

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

828

Issue of the periodical within the volume

AUG

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

81-85

UT code for WoS article

000377399700011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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