Journal article
Pile-up corrections for high-precision superallowed β decay half-life measurements via γ-ray photopeak counting
Abstract
A general technique that corrects γ-ray gated β decay-curve data for detector pulse pile-up is presented. The method includes corrections for non-zero time-resolution and energy-threshold effects in addition to a special treatment of saturating events due to cosmic rays. This technique is verified through a Monte Carlo simulation and experimental data using radioactive beams of Na26 implanted at the center of the 8πγ-ray spectrometer at the …
Authors
Grinyer GF; Svensson CE; Andreoiu C; Andreyev AN; Austin RAE; Ball GC; Bandyopadhyay D; Chakrawarthy RS; Finlay P; Garrett PE
Journal
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 579, No. 3, pp. 1005–1033
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.323
ISSN
0168-9002