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Correction for pile-up losses in the amplifier is possible by the dead-time fraction indicator of the ADC in case of long-lived radionuclides. If the dead-time meter has been calibrated, an accuracy of ∼1.5% is feasible up to a dead-time fraction of ∼25%. The precision decreases from ∼1.5% at ∼10% dead-time fraction to ∼3% at a deadtime fraction of 30%.
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Nguyen Ngoc Tich, Das, H.A. On the use of a dead-time meter for pile-up corrections. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 155, 403–410 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02163634
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02163634