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  • detector output connected to a measuring circuit
    radiation measurement
    / Current mode

    One way to provide an electrical signal from such a detector is to connect its output to an ammeter circuit with a slow response time. If this response time is long compared with the average time spacing between current bursts, then the ammeter…

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    One way to provide an electrical signal from such a detector is to connect its output to an ammeter circuit with a slow response time. If this response time is long compared with the average time spacing between current bursts, then the ammeter…

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  • detector output connected to a measuring circuit
    radiation measurement
    / Ion chambers

    …these charges constitutes an electric current that can be measured in an external circuit.

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    …these charges constitutes an electric current that can be measured in an external circuit.

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