title: On the effect of the discrete nature of the photoelectric emission in the thermoluminescence measurements (pulse counting method).
abstract: The discrete nature of the photoelectric emission cannot be neglected at low reading levels. The effect of A/D conversion after photomultiplication were both calculated and measured. The reading and its standard deviation were considerably different from those expected on the basis of a simple Poisson distribution and this should be taken into account at low reading levels. The authors describe a simple method which permits the experimental determination of photoelectron/digit conversion factor necessary for the prediction of the variation coefficient of TL measurements.
mesh_terms: D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D011827:Radiation; D012588:Scintillation Counting / Q000379:methods