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Sun Oct 9 18:19:01 2016

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Optimization of ADC thresholds

In order to try to reduce the grass-like background
we make a finer adjustment of individual ADC thresholds.
We make first a control measurement putting the 252Cf source
in the center of the detector (AIDA removed)
Start: -
Stop: 23:55
File: 161009_2355_252Cf_control.root

We then make an adjustment of thresholds one ADC at a time.
We adjusted the threshold so that the very low amplitude noise height
in the spectrum is only a small fraction of the pulser.

New configuration file: 160718Conf_BrikenFull_test02_thr.xlsx

A verification measurement with 252Cf
Start: 01:55
Stop: 02:09
File: 161010_0209_252Cf_newthr.root

And the leave a background measurement overnight:
Start: 02:12
Stop: 07:12
File: 161010_0712_bck_newthr.root

We compare the grass-noise rates now with the rates before threshold adjustment
For that we integrate the BRIKEN spectrum between 900keV and 1.5MeV
The rate before was 0.085 counts per second per MeV
The rate now is 0.039 counts per second per MeV
So the improvement was only a factor 2.

One can try to set the thresholds higher  however with this rate the probability
of having a noise signal in a 0.5ms window after a beta signal will be about 1E-5.

The plots below show the situation before and after.

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