Figure 1
Comparing correction methods at 0.9 \(\upmu\)s dead-time. The standard \(^{252}\)Cf multiplicity probability distribution17 was used to sample the multiplicity 10\(^5\) times in a detection gate of 60\(\upmu\)s duration, with time distribution and background rate from the NeutronSTARS detector16. The MC simulation was repeated to generate the simulated observed data which was then corrected using four different methods. Each plot contains the initial \(^{252}\)Cf multiplicity distribution in black squares and the results in red circles, with an underneath plot containing the error of each method: a Boldeman’s; b Spencer’s; c Moat’s; and, d this work’s method. The error bars are the standard deviation of the results from the many MC repetitions. The dashed (Initial distribution) and dotted lines (Results) are the average number of neutrons emitted per detection gate \({\bar{\nu }}\).
