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Title Precision measurement of x-ray line spectra by x-ray line dispersion in a gas microstrip detector
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Abstract It is shown that when a gas microstrip detector (GMSD) is operated in such a way as to gain freedom from detector wall effects, the response of the detector to an x-ray line is stable and can be fitted reliably with a lognormal distribution function. The lognormal function permits the fitting of adjacent, overlapping x-ray lines with an accuracy in position of a few eV with an attendant penalty in the statistics required for a given precision in the amplitude measurement. Experimental data and montecarlo simulation data are presented to indicate the possible range of usefulness of this technique for energy-dependent x-ray line spectroscopy in applications (such as x-ray fluorescence analysis). The usefulness of the lognormal fits for detector studies is also noted.
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Report RAL Technical Reports RAL-TR-2000-023. 2000. raltr-2000023.pdf 2000