Paralysis Factor and Dead-Time, Measurement Technique and Count Rate Correction

Author

Amol Patil
Shoaib Usman, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

New experimental technique based on well known decaying source method is presented to measure the paralysis factor and dead-time of a radiation detector. Use of two parameter based dead-time correction scheme is an improvement over the conventional one-parameter models. A simple technique is proposed to deduce these parameters from the recorded data, based on rise and drop of count rates from a rapidly decaying source. Measurements were made using Mn-56 and V-52 isotopes. The data collected in this study shows that HPGe detector under test conditions had a paralysis factor of approximately 50-77% and a dead-time of 6-10 us.

Recommended Citation

A. Patil and S. Usman, "Paralysis Factor and Dead-Time, Measurement Technique and Count Rate Correction," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, American Nuclear Society (ANS), Nov 2008.

Department(s)

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science

Keywords and Phrases

Counting; Isotopes; Manganese; Mathematical Models; Paralysis; Radiation Detectors; Vanadium

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0003-018X

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2008 American Nuclear Society (ANS), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Nov 2008