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The Practice of Pulse Processing

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Joseph W. Fowler, Bradley K. Alpert, William B. Doriese, Young Il Joe, Galen C. O'Neil, Joel N. Ullom, Daniel S. Swetz

Abstract

The analysis of data from x-ray microcalorimeters requires great care; their excellent intrinsic energy resolution cannot usually be achieved in practice without a statistically near-optimal pulse analysis and corrections for important systematic errors. We describe the essential parts of a pulse-analysis pipeline for data from x-ray microcalorimeters, including steps taken to reduce systematic gain variation and the unwelcome dependence of filtered pulse heights on the exact pulse-arrival time. We find these steps collectively to be essential tools for getting the best results from a microcalorimeter-based x-ray spectrometer.
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Journal of Low Temperature Physics
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Journals

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Keywords

Microcalorimeters, x-ray pulses
Superconducting electronics

Citation

Fowler, J. , Alpert, B. , Doriese, W. , , Y. , O'Neil, G. , Ullom, J. and Swetz, D. (2015), The Practice of Pulse Processing, Journal of Low Temperature Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=919341 (Accessed October 6, 2025)

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Created November 12, 2015, Updated March 23, 2018
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