As radiation detector arrays in nuclear physics applications become larger and physically more separated, the time synchronization and trigger distribution between many channels of detector readout electronics becomes more challenging. Among applications requiring the...
In systems with multiple radiation detectors, time synchronization of the data collected from different detectors is essential to reconstruct multidetector events such as scattering and coincidences. In cases where the number of detectors exceeds the readout channels...
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) radiological facilities produce low-density room trash that, in many cases, is not contaminated with radioactivity. It has been estimated that 50 to 90% of low-density room trash is free of radioactive contamination and eligible...
The ability to measure pulse times of arrival with resolutions at or below 100 ps is becoming increasingly desirable in various fields, typically for signals originating from photon detectors such as photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) or silicon photo-multipliers. Achieving...
Large scale nuclear physics experiments often use arrays of radiation detectors, which can be physically separated, for example in separate rooms or along a beamline. Time synchronization of the detector readout electronics, which is essential to detect related...
Los Alamos National Laboratory radiological facilities produce low-density room trash that, in many cases, is not contaminated with radioactivity. It has been estimated that 50 to 90% of low-density room trash is free of radioactive contamination and eligible for...
Pulse shape discrimination applied to certain fast scintillators is usually performed offline. In sufficiently high-event rate environments data transfer and storage become problematic, which suggests a different analysis approach. In response, we have implemented a...
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization deploys a variety of radioxenon detection systems as part of its International Monitoring System to detect nuclear explosions. To achieve the high sensitivity required, the systems extract xenon from several cubic...
The influence on gamma-ray spectra of differential nonlinearities (DNL) in subranging, pipelined analog-to- digital converters (ADCs) used for digital gamma-ray spectroscopy was investigated. The influence of the DNL error on the gamma-ray spectra, depending on the...
Alpha emissivity measurements are important in the semiconductor industry for assessing the suitability of materials for use in production processes. A recently published round-robin study that circulated the same samples to several alpha counting centers showed wide...