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1Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-8642, USA.
Abstract:
Many techniques in radionuclide metrology rely on accurate measurement of the total count rate, that is integral counting, from a detector. We present the design and results from integral counting using a live-timed multi-channel analyzer (MCA) based on a list-mode digitizer and a live-timed scalar, both with imposed, extending dead times. These systems were benchmarked against an existing NIST anti-coincidence counting system. Both systems were used to determine correction factors to an MCA that uses Gedcke-Hale dead-time corrections. Tests were performed for a large-area gas-flow proportional counter and a NaI(Tl) detector for count rates up to 80 000 s-1. The results were used to create correction factors suitable for alpha- and beta-particle emission rate calibrations.
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