Energy Resolution Correction for Scintillation Spectrometers

Abstract

A computational scheme is presented for correcting the energy resolution of scintillation spectrometers. This scheme, unlike others previously published, appertains only to experimental data and does not rely on theoretical considerations of energy absorption within the scintillator. Applications to beta spectroscopy and analysis are included and a derivation of the ideal scintillation line and the various factors which in practice statistically modify the ideal shape is given in the Appendix.