Data acquisition and analysis software for gamma coincidence spectrometry.
Coincidence counting in neutron activation analysis has well-known advantages, most importantly improvement of detection limits. One obstacle to the wider use of this technique is the complexity of the data acquisition and reduction systems that it requires. The usual approaches to multi-detector data acquisition incur significant dead-time, involve redundant work in repeatedly developing limited tools and risk potential errors in low-level code. The paper describes progress made in developing a software framework to address these shortcomings.
Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Martin
M
Shetty
NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Dağıstan
D
Şahin
Digital data acquisition; Gamma-gamma coincidence; High throughput data acquisition; Loss-free counting; Multi-threaded architecture