PULSE-HEIGHT SPECTRUM FROM A PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE UNDER DIRECT GAMMA-RAY ILLUMINATION

Authors
GANGOPADHYAY G BANERJEE D BHATTACHARYA R
Citation
G. Gangopadhyay et al., PULSE-HEIGHT SPECTRUM FROM A PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE UNDER DIRECT GAMMA-RAY ILLUMINATION, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 336(1-2), 1993, pp. 186-188
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
336
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
186 - 188
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1993)336:1-2<186:PSFAPT>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The structure of the tail of a single-photon spectrum measured with a gamma ray illuminated photomultiplier tube type RCA 8850 has been stud ied. It is found that the tail shows small but clear two- and three-ph oton peaks in the presence of a large single-photon peak.