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Investigation of source-dependent contributions to photomultiplier noise

Johnson, 1970

Document ID
12617879303756972414
Author
Johnson F
Publication year
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods

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Fast pulses produced at the output of a photomultiplier as a result of the interaction of low- energy γ-rays in the galss faceplate are shown to have similar characteristics to those due to Čerenkov events generated there by high-energy γ-rays. In both cases the pulses can be …
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