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. 2010 Jul;81(7):073501.
doi: 10.1063/1.3455186.

A new all-digital time differential gamma-gamma angular correlation spectrometer

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A new all-digital time differential gamma-gamma angular correlation spectrometer

Matthias Nagl et al. Rev Sci Instrum. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

A new digital time differential perturbed angular correlation spectrometer, designed to measure the energy of and coincidence time between correlated detector signals, here correlated gamma photons, is presented. The system overcomes limitations of earlier digital approaches and features improved performance and handling. By consequently separating the data recording and evaluation, it permits the simultaneous measurement of decays with several gamma-ray cascades at once and avoids the necessity of premeasurement configuration. Tests showed that the spectrometer reaches a time resolution of 460 ps [using a (60)Co sample and Lu(1.8)Y(0.2)SiO(5):Ce (LYSO) scintillators, otherwise better than 100 ps], an energy resolution that is equivalent to the limit of the used scintillation material, and a processing capability of more than 200,000 gamma quanta per detector and second. Other possible applications of the presented methods include nuclear spectroscopy, positron emission tomography, time of flight studies, lidar, and radar.

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