Radiation Detection and Measurement

3.

General Properties and Characterization of Detectors

3.1.

Modes of Detector Operation

3.1.1.

3.1.1.1.

Individual Event Detection

3.1.1.2.

Pulse Height Analysis

3.1.1.3.

Timing Information

3.1.2.

3.1.2.1.

Average Current Measurement

3.1.2.2.

High Count Rate Applications

3.1.3.

Mean-Square-Voltage Mode

3.1.3.1.

Campbell's Theorem

3.1.3.2.

Fluctuation Analysis

3.1.3.3.

Variance Measurements

3.2.

Detector Performance Metrics

3.2.1.

Energy Resolution

3.2.1.1.

Full Width at Half Maximum

3.2.1.2.

Factors Affecting Resolution

3.2.1.2.1.

Statistical Fluctuations

3.2.1.2.2.

Electronic Noise

3.2.1.2.3.

Incomplete Charge Collection

3.2.2.

Detection Efficiency

3.2.2.1.

Absolute Efficiency

3.2.2.2.

Intrinsic Efficiency

3.2.2.3.

Geometric Efficiency

3.2.2.4.

Peak Efficiency

3.2.3.

3.2.3.1.

Paralyzable Detector Models

3.2.3.2.

Non-paralyzable Detector Models

3.2.3.3.

Effects on Counting Rate

3.2.3.4.

Dead Time Correction Methods

3.2.4.

3.2.4.1.

Response Linearity

3.2.4.2.

3.2.5.

3.2.5.1.

Minimum Detectable Signal

3.2.5.2.

Signal-to-Noise Ratio

3.2.6.

3.2.6.1.

Long-term Stability

3.2.6.2.

Temperature Effects

3.2.7.

Background Response

3.2.7.1.

Intrinsic Background

3.2.7.2.

Environmental Background

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