Published December 21, 2014 | Version v1
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Behavior of a trapezoid-based data acquisition system up to 100 kHz and beyond

Creators

  • 1. Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  • 2. Johannes Gutenberg University, Saarstrasse 21, 55122 Mainz (Germany)
  • 3. GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, 64291 Darmstadt (Germany)

Description

In this work, we investigated the ability of a high-purity germanium detector connected to a trapezoid-filter-based data acquisition system to reliably record signals in spite of high sample activities. By activating multiple Na2CO3 samples with different Na content, we were able to deduce efficiency, resolution and dead time of the system used as a function of the sample activity. Based on the results, we were able to find a setting which allows measurements of event rates up to 35 kHz per readout channel with an energy resolution of 0.3% at the 2754 keV 24Na line

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.051

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.051;
arXiv
arXiv:1611.09739v1;
PII
S0168-9002(14)01079-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
768
Journal Page Range
p. 192-196
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46125428
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DATA ACQUISITION; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; DEAD TIME; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOLUTION; FILTERS; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; KHZ RANGE 01-100; READOUT SYSTEMS; SIGNALS; SODIUM 24; SODIUM CARBONATES
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBONATES; DATA PROCESSING; FREQUENCY RANGE; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; KHZ RANGE; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MILLISECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PROCESSING; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESOLUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM ISOTOPES; TIMING PROPERTIES

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