A small-volume and low-background digital anticoincidence beta counting system for C-14 dating using a gas counter combined with tiled CdTe wall detectors

Author

Wang, Qiu-Wei ; Takahashi, Hiroyuki ; Hosono, Yoneichi ; Nakazawa, Masaharu ; Yoshida, Kunio ; Miyazaki, Yumiko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Quantum Eng. & Syst. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

493

Abstract

A low-background anticoincidence beta counting system was developed by combining an internal gas proportional counter with CdTe detectors to decrease the volume of the anticoincidence gas counter. According to performances of CdTe detectors, digital signal processing was incorporated and a small-volume and low-background digital anticoincidence beta counting system was developed for C-14 dating.

Keywords

beta-ray detection; coincidence techniques; proportional counters; radioactive dating; semiconductor counters; signal processing; C-14 dating; digital signal processing; internal gas proportional counter; small-volume low-background digital anticoincidence beta counting system; tiled CdTe wall detectors; Counting circuits; Digital signal processing; Gas detectors; Isotopes; Laboratories; Mass spectroscopy; Radiation detectors; Solid scintillation detectors; Systems engineering and theory; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8700-7

Electronic_ISBN

1082-3654

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462241

Filename

1462241