Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Korean Nuclear Society (한국원자력학회)
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TIME-DOMAIN TECHNIQUE FOR FRONT-END NOISE SIMULATION IN NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPY

  • Neamintara, Hudsaleark (Department of Nuclear Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University) ;
  • Mangclaviraj, Virul (Department of Nuclear Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University) ;
  • Punnachaiya, Suvit (Department of Nuclear Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University)
  • Published : 2007.12.31
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Abstract

A measurement-based time-domain noise simulation of radiation detector-preamplifier (front-end) noise in nuclear spectroscopy is described. The time-domain noise simulation was performed by generating "noise random numbers" using Monte Carlo's inverse method. The probability of unpredictable noise was derived from the empirical cumulative distribution function via the sampled noise, which was measured from a preamplifier output. Results of the simulated noise were investigated as functions of time, frequency, and statistical domains. Noise behavior was evaluated using the signal wave-shaping function, and was compared with the actual noise. Similarities between the response characteristics of the simulated and the actual preamplifier output noises were found. The simulated noise and the computed nuclear pulse signal were also combined to generate a simulated preamplifier output signal. Such simulated output signals could be used in nuclear spectroscopy to determine energy resolution degradation from front-end noise effect.

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