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

Author_Institution

Coll. of Phys., Liaoning Normal Univ., Dalian, China

Volume

53

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1385

Lastpage

1389

Abstract

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

Keywords

beta-ray detection; coincidence techniques; nuclear electronics; proportional counters; semiconductor counters; signal processing; C-14 dating; coincidence event; digital signal processing; internal gas proportional counter; low-background digital anticoincidence beta counting system; semiconductor detector; tiled CdTe wall detectors; Counting circuits; Digital signal processing; Event detection; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Gamma rays; Gas detectors; Radiation detectors; Semiconductor radiation detectors; Thin wall structures; Anticoincidence beta counting systems; C-14 dating; CdTe semiconductor detector; background; coincidence event; digital signal processing; gas proportional counter; low-background; small-volume;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2006.875198

Filename

1645049