Nuclear spectroscopy signal stabilization and calibration method and apparatus
US5023449A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V5/12
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Nuclear spectroscopy method and apparatus for the stabilization of an energy spectrum, made from a signal, emitted by a radiation detector, and containing nuclear events, represented by pulses, whose amplitude is a measure of the energy of the particles, such as gamma rays, collected by the detector, the spectrum including at least a first reference energy peak coming from an ancillary nuclear source, wherein the method comprises: detecting the radiation under analysis by two detectors between which is placed the ancillary source; establishing at least one coincident spectrum corresponding to pairs of events simultaneously detected in both detectors and originating from the ancillary source; and stabilizing the coincident spectrum by using one energy peak of said spectrum as said first reference energy peak.
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