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| Author(s): |
Barros, Suelen F.
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Vanin, Vito R.
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Malafronte, Alexandre A.
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Maidana, Nora L.
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Martins, Marcos N.
Total Authors: 5
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; v. 25, p. 12-pg., 2018-03-01. |
| Abstract | |
Dead-time effects in X-ray spectra taken with a digital pulse processor and a silicon drift detector were investigated when the number of events at the low-energy end of the spectrum was more than half of the total, at counting rates up to 56 kHz. It was found that dead-time losses in the spectra are energy dependent and an analytical correction for this effect, which takes into account pulse pile-up, is proposed. This and the usual models have been applied to experimental measurements, evaluating the dead-time fraction either from the calculations or using the value given by the detector acquisition system. The energy-dependent dead-time model proposed fits accurately the experimental energy spectra in the range of counting rates explored in this work. A selection chart of the simplest mathematical model able to correct the pulse-height distribution according to counting rate and energy spectrum characteristics is included. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/24803-5 - Measurement of the atomic alignment by electron impact from L x-rays angular distribution |
| Grantee: | Suelen Fernandes de Barros |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |